About Raashida Portier
Raashida Portier is a Doctor of Nursing Practice who is board certified as both a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a family nurse practitioner, according to her practice site. She founded Ravia Health, which provides virtual psychiatric care for adults across Florida. Her practice covers depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, PTSD and trauma, and insomnia, and combines medication management with nutritional psychiatry, lifestyle support and lab evaluation.
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Visiting and access
Offers telehealth in: FL
Black patients and Psychiatry
Black psychiatrists: depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, medication management. Black adults are diagnosed with schizophrenia at 3 to 4 times the correct rate.
Black Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia at 3 to 4 times the rate of white Americans with the same symptoms, often because providers misread cultural expression, mistrust, or trauma responses as psychosis (Schwartz & Blankenship, World Psychiatry, 2014). Black adults with major depression are half as likely to receive treatment, and Black men face disproportionate rates of being medicated first rather than offered therapy. Psychiatrists are MDs or DOs who can prescribe medication and bring depth to complex diagnoses.
Conditions psychiatrists treat
- Major depression and treatment-resistant depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Anxiety disorders, including panic and OCD
- PTSD and complex trauma
- ADHD in adults
- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
When to book
- Depression not improving after 2+ medication trials
- Mood swings severe enough to affect work or relationships
- Intrusive trauma memories, flashbacks, or hypervigilance
- Questions about starting, stopping, or switching psych meds
Advocacy prompts
- Can you reassess my diagnosis? I'm not sure it fits.
- What are the side effects and alternatives to this medication?
- Am I a candidate for ketamine or TMS for treatment-resistant depression?
How this listing was verified
Every provider in this directory self-identifies as Black or is listed by a self-identifying professional organization, and licensure or credentials are checked before a listing goes live.
- State licensing board License check Source recorded Oct 2026
- CMS NPI Registry License check NPI 1477213916 recorded Oct 2026
- Provider self-claim Self-identification recorded Oct 2026
Frequently asked questions
Where is Raashida Portier's practice located?
Raashida Portier practices at FL. Phone: 954-329-0299.
Does Raashida Portier offer telehealth?
Raashida Portier offers telehealth.
What does a Psychiatry treat?
Black psychiatrists: depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, medication management. Black adults are diagnosed with schizophrenia at 3 to 4 times the correct rate.
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Coral Gables, FL
Dr. Kettelene P. McMorris, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Port Saint Lucie, FL
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