Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Contact Information
Location:
Psychiatry Building
401 Quarry Road
Stanford, CA
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Phone: (650) 498-9111
Days & Hours
Monday-Friday
8:30am - 5:00pm
The Stanford Psychiatry Clinic provides comprehensive outpatient behavioral health and psychiatric care for adults.
Consultation and ongoing treatment is provided by faculty and staff physicians and psychologists for a wide range of disorders.
The clinic also provides treatment for specialized populations including seniors, women, and patients with a co-existing medical disorder.
Accessing Services
Patients, family and physicians can speak directly to a psychiatric intake coordinator who will triage each patient to the most appropriate specialty area. The intake coordinator will also assist in obtaining insurance verification and pre-authorization as needed. You can reach the intake department by calling (650) 498-9111.
For Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, please contact the LPCH Child Psychiatry Clinic at 650-723-7704.
Adult Treatment Specialties
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Psychosocial Clinics: Evaluation and treatment of eating disorders, panic and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, adjustment disorders and psychosocial treatment of depression or stress. Conducts Dialectical Behavior Therapy groups.
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Geriatric Psychiatry: Evaluation and treatment for patients 65 years and older with depression, anxiety, behavioral manifestations of dementia and other psychiatric disorders complicated by the biological and psychological effects of aging.
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Individual Psychotherapy: Long-term psychotherapy for patients with relationship or personal difficulties. All diagnoses including those requiring medication are considered.
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Couples and Family: Evaluation and treatment of relationship problems, marital conflict, divorce, remarriage and parenting issues.
- Psychosomatic Medicine: Evaluation and treatment of patients who have psychiatric or behavioral symptoms as a result of, or related to, a serious medical illness or injury such as organ transplant, cancer, heart disease, stroke or chronic pain.
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Thought Disorders: Evaluation and management of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and psychosis.
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Neuropsychiatry: Psychiatric or behavioral complications of neurological disorders such as movement disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, head trauma or stroke.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Evaluation and treatment for patients with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder, trichotillomania, compulsive shopping and skin-picking.
- Impulse Control Disorders: Evaluation and treatment for Intermittent Explosive Disorder, kleptomania, pathological gambling, trichotillomania, pyromania.
- Depression: Second opinion consultations and ongoing medication management for depression and dysthymia. Evaluations for ECT, evaluation and treatment using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).
- Women's Wellness: Evaluation and treatment of female specific psychiatric issues and behavioral or psychiatric symptoms related to post-partum depression, PMS, menopause, infertility and pregnancy.
- Bipolar Disorder: Provides second opinion consultations and ongoing evaluation and management for patients with Bipolar Disorder. Also provides a DBT group for patients with Bipolar Disorder.