Meet our Psychiatric Care Team

Meet the experienced professionals behind Turned Leaf Psychiatry. Our team provides compassionate, collaborative psychiatric care through in-person and telehealth appointments.

Stephen P. Sweeney, PMHNP-BC

Founder & Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Stephen is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of Turned Leaf Psychiatry. Before opening his Ridgeland practice, he served as Director of Nursing and sole prescriber for intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs across Arkansas, Tennessee, and Georgia. He specializes in compassionate, patient-centered care for complex psychiatric conditions across the lifespan. Stephen also serves as a clinical preceptor for the University of Mississippi Medical Center and provides in-person and telehealth care throughout Mississippi.

Youlanda Jones brings a whole-person perspective to both psychiatric and primary care. She believes mental health is part of a larger conversation about sleep, stress, relationships, daily functioning, and overall wellness. Youlanda offers psychiatric evaluations, medication management, mental health follow-up, medication-assisted treatment with Suboxone, hormone replacement therapy, family and primary-care services, and health and wellness counseling. Through collaborative, compassionate care, she helps each patient develop a practical treatment plan that supports both mind and body. Telehealth appointments are available where permitted.