Scot McKay, MD

Dr. Scot McKay is board certified in Psychiatry and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry.  He graduated medical school from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.  He completed his residency and child/adolescent fellowship trainings at the University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Center in Denver, CO.  Previously, he has worked on the inpatient and partial hospitalization child/adolescent psychiatric units at Children's Hospital Colorado as well as in the school-based health clinics through Denver Health in partnership with Denver Public Schools.  He has also worked in community mental health at the Mental Health Cooperative clinics throughout the Middle Tennessee region.  He most recently has been in private practice before joining Talkiatry.  He has been named to the Nashville Lifestyles Magazine's Top Doctors list in 2022, 2023, and 2024.  He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. McKay enjoys working with patients going through life transitions such as high school to college and college to adult life.  He believes it is important to understand the whole person (mind, body, and spirit) when treating them.  He treats people struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar, and ADHD as well as trouble with relationships and family conflict.

Dr. McKay provides both medication management and therapy.  He believes that medication is just one of the items in a psychiatrist's toolbox and that therapy is equally important as medication.