Watson Clinic strives to be your home for quality medical care. Since 1941, we’ve worked to create a healthcare experience that’s completely centered around you - offering the area’s largest team of experts across a diverse range of specialties that serve all of your physical, emotional and behavioral care needs.
With Watson Clinic as your medical home, a primary care provider (PCP) will coordinate whatever care you need. If that involves a specialist from a different department at Watson Clinic, we’ll find the right one for you and the transition will be quick, efficient and hassle-free.
Walk-in, after hours, and weekend care is available through our Priority and Urgent Care departments, as well as our XpressCare locations. In addition, our hospital-based doctors at Lakeland Regional Health are on-call around the clock to offer emergency services and specialty care should the need arise. An electronic medical record follows patients wherever you may go within the Clinic, allowing for a continuity of care, decreased time spent filling out paperwork, and more productive patient-physician communication. And with our patient portal, we empower you to discover a healthier tomorrow by providing easy and instant access to your medical records, prescription refills, online appointments, and a wealth of important information on a variety of health-related topics right from the comfort of your own home.
Please note that without member information we cannot guarantee that your specific plan covers these services. We recommend asking the care provider before beginning services.
They are always at least an hour behind and if youre even 10 minutes late they refuse to see you. I just dont feel like a valued individual here at all.
Dustin B.
August 14, 2025
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As a resident of Lakeland--over 40 years--Ive watched the decline of Watson Clinic with deep disappointment. Once considered a trusted and respected...
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June 22, 2025
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Watson clinic is at the bottom of the totem pole for care. We are leaving. Not only do their providers brush off major problems with patients they...
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April 11, 2025
Frequently Asked Questions
A mental health professional (such as a pediatric psychologist) can help concerns around anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, ADHD, behavioral challenges, OCD, grief/loss.
Yes, picky and selective eating is actually a quite common concern for children with autism. If you rolled your eyes looking at the steps above because your child with autism has never had a full day's serving of vegetables in their life, you are definitely not alone. As if getting kids to eat their veggies isn’t challenging enough, research shows children with autism have significantly more eating challenges than their peers who are not autistic.
In addition to sensory difficulties that can lead to a lot of anxiety with food, autistic children are 4x more likely to have gastrointestinal issues such as stomach pain and discomfort. This creates the perfect storm for extra extra picky eaters - and a lot of added obstacles and concerns for parents.
The difficulties associated with autistic children and food can cause a wide range of concerns from children being underweight to overweight (overweight children can still be at risk for nutritional deficiencies!). This can lead to slower than normal growth and nutritional deficiencies like low vitamin D and calcium levels. Even when given multivitamins, many children with autism are still found to have some of these nutritional deficiencies.
Here are some tips:
Keep to a schedule - setting schedules for meal and snack time can help picky eaters build up their appetite throughout the day
Minimize distractions - removing distractions like screens and toys can help your child be more engaged at mealtime
Approach new foods together - Make new foods less scary by trying them together. Touching and smelling the food together before tasting it
Support choice & control - Allowing your child to pick which foods they eat will help them feel more in control
It may not seem obvious, but eating is a complex behavior that involves perceptual, emotional, and cognitive processes. And we know that children with autism process things differently. While many of us look forward to things like our afternoon snack, it may be an activity that causes a lot of anxiety for your child.
Parents describe food selectivity being determined by a few of the following factors: texture (69%), appearance (58%), taste (45%), smell (36%), and temperature (22%). Uniform texture, bland and neutral color foods are reported to be overwhelmingly preferred by more than 90% of children with ASD.
A Pediatric Gastroenterologist manages digestive health in children. This field covers the entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract including the hepatobiliary-pancreatic systems (think absorbing nutrients from our food, eliminating waste, etc.) and nutritional disorders (think obesity, malnutrition, etc.).
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