How One Psychiatric PA Combines AI, Psychiatry & Music to Help Patients

Psychiatric PA Serah Sulaiman, MPAS, PA-C joins PA Mindset Matters to discuss pediatric mental health, emotional dysregulation, and Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) treatment programs.

In this episode, hosts Mercedes Dodge, PA-C and Jessica Spissinger, PA-C explore Serah’s path from teaching to psychiatry and her work supporting high-acuity youth transitioning from inpatient care, residential programs, or periods of school disruption back into daily life.

We discuss emotional dysregulation, interdisciplinary collaboration in behavioral health, and the role of creative outlets—like music and art—in helping patients develop healthier coping skills.

Serah also completed the CLINAQ Fellowship through Morehouse School of Medicine, where she explored innovative approaches to emotional dysregulation.

Outside of clinical practice, she creates music under the name Xyla (on TikTok), using songwriting to connect with others around mental health.

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