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Website Disclaimer 

 

Thank you for visting DoBetterMD.com.

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DoBetterMD PLLC is owned by Dr. Shivana Naidoo, M.D.   Dr. Shivana Naidoo, M.D. is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and a board certified adult psychiatrist. Dr. Naidoo is also credentialed in nutritional psychiatry and is a certified life coach. Dr. Naidoo is also trained in and can provide various forms of psychotherapy.

 

On this website DoBetterMD.com, Dr. Naidoo provides information in the form of psychoeducation to empower the public in the form of educational online programs and courses. These programs are not a substitute, or intended to be a substitute for medical treatment. Dr. Naidoo’s masterclasses, workshops, courses and Online Signature Program serve as supplements to standard and evidenced based practices of psychiatric and psychological services. They are not substitutes for psychiatric or mental health care.  They are meant to complement and support current standard practices.

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Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD does not provide psychiatric services through the website DoBetterMD.com. Dr. Naidoo has an additional private practice where she does
accept and treat patients under DoBetterMD PLLC. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not constitute assessment, treatment or any form of psychiatric care with Dr. Shivana Naidoo MD. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not initiate or perpetuate a patient- doctor relationship. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not guarantee or intend to guarantee any medical outcome of mental wellness. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program
through this website DoBetterMD.com does not guarantee to stop, or promise to prevent suicide.

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This Disclaimer contains important information. Please read and acknowledge your agreement
and understanding of the following:


The information contained on this website, including without limitation, ideas, suggestions,
techniques, services, social media postings, videos, resources, and other materials, is
educational in nature and is provided only as general information and is not intended as
medical, psychiatric or psychological treatment.


Transmission of the information presented on this website is not intended to create and receipt
does not constitute a practitioner-client relationship or doctor-patient relationship between Dr.
Shivana Naidoo, MD and the visitor and should not be relied upon solely as medical, psychiatric,
psychological, health, wellness, or other professional advice of any kind or nature.

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Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD through the DoBetterMD PLLC cannot provide the purchase ofher Signature Online Program to anyone under the age of 18.


You understand by viewing this website you will be introduced to an integrative psychiatric
approach to mental and physical health and wellness that incorporates a 1- standard allopathic
psychiatric principles which may or may not include safety planning, risk assessment and
education about the risks, benefits and indications for allopathic medication 2- evidenced
based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, 3- Nutritional Psychiatry and Integrative Psychiatry, which may
or may not include the use of supplements and the concept of food as medicine 4- Life

Coaching skills and techniques which are separate and distinct from therapy, 6- self-help and coaching methods, identified as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)  and Energy Medicine. 

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Dr. Naidoo strongly advises that any visitor to this website or potential student also seek professional assessment and obtain their own individual medical and mental health care. Purchasing Dr. Shivana Naidoo’s Signature Online Course does not constitute psychiatric assessment or treatment. Purchasing and/or completing Dr. Shivana Naidoo’s Online Signature Course does not constitute a doctor-patient relationship. 


Any information presented on this website is not intended to to be used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent any medical problem or psychological disorder nor are they intended as a substitute for seeking professional health care advice. DoBetterMD, PLLC strongly advises that you seek professional advice as appropriate before making any health decision regarding yourself or your child.


Any information, stories, examples, or testimonials presented on this website do not constitute
a warranty, guarantee, or prediction regarding the outcome of an individual using any material
contained herein for any particular problem, purpose, or issue. While all materials and links and
other resources are posted in good faith, the accuracy, validity, effectiveness, completeness, or
usefulness of any information herein, as with any publication, cannot be guaranteed.

 

Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD and DoBetterMD, PLLC accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for
the use or misuse of the information contained on this website.
By viewing this website you agree to forever fully release, indemnify, and hold harmless,
DoBetterMD, PLLC, and its owner(s) member(s), employees, representatives, agents,
independent contractors, consultants, volunteers and others associated with DoBetterMD,
PLLC from any claim or liability whatsoever and for any damage or injury, personal, emotional,
psychological, financial or otherwise, which you may incur arising at any time out of or in
relation to your use of the information presented on this website. If any court of law rules that
any part of the Disclaimer is invalid, the Disclaimer stands as if those parts were struck out.

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Patient- Doctor Relationship is NOT ESTABLISHED:

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Please be advised that although Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD is a board certified psychiatrist and medical doctor, purchase of her Signature Online Program, Workshops or attending her free Masterclasses does not constitute the practice of medicine or engagement in patient care but rather the purchase of a psychoeducational course to supplement and compliment standard psychiatric treatment.  Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD does not provide psychiatric services through the website DoBetterMD.com. Dr. Naidoo has an additional private practice where she does accept and treat patients under DoBetterMD PLLC. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not constitute assessment, treatment or any form of psychiatric care with Dr. Shivana Naidoo MD. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not initiate or perpetuate a patient- doctor relationship. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not guarantee or intend to guarantee any medical outcome of mental wellness. Signing up for, attending, or purchasing a masterclass, workshop, course or program through this website DoBetterMD.com does not guarantee to stop or prevent suicide.


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This website contains copyrighted material (all rights reserved). Any unauthorized use of
copyrighted material on this website is prohibited by federal law. No part of this website may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, without
permission in writing from DoBetterMD, PLLC.


By continuing to explore this website, you agree that you have read, expressed

understanding and agreement to all of the above information.

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Text Message and Email Reminders

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