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Psychiatry
and Behavioral Neuroscience Services
The
department provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment
for adults, adolescents and children with psychiatric
and psychological conditions. Treatment strategies are
designed to be comprehensive, biopsychosocial and multidisciplinary
to meet the specific needs of each patient. Psychiatrists
evaluate medically ill patients and provide 24-hour
emergency consultation at Loyola University Hospital
as well as outpatient medication and psychotherapy for
psychiatric disorders.
The
department’s psychologists provide outpatient
counseling for children and adults, inpatient consultations
and evaluation of patients for organ transplantation.
The psychologists are especially skilled in therapy
for patients adjusting to illness or chronic pain. Specialists
in neuropsychology help diagnose and design treatment
plans for illnesses and injuries that affect thinking
and behavior.
Specialty
Services
Neurobehavioral
Program
Evaluation and multidisciplinary treatment is provided
for people with a disorder or injury to the brain that
results in memory or behavioral problems.
Sexual Dysfunction Program
The program offers individual, couples and group counseling
and multidisciplinary treatment for sexual problems.
Geriatric Services
Psychiatrists evaluate and treat seniors for depression,
memory loss and other mental health issues and offer
group therapy sessions to seniors at the Loyola Senior
Health Center at Forest Park.
Major
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
An intense outpatient program and inpatient consultation
is provided at psychiatric units at Westlake Hospital,
Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital and Madden
Mental Health Center.
Sleep
Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A child psychiatrist with specialization in sleep disorders
of childhood and adolescence provides expert evaluation
and treatment.
Research
The
department is actively engaged in clinical drug trials,
as well as investigations into the biochemical, endocrinological
and immunological aspects of psychotic, mood and anxiety
disorders; psychological and biological elements of
sexual function disorders; substance abuse use disorders;
and psychoses.
Locations
and Contacts
A
full spectrum of ambulatory psychiatric services is
available in Maywood at:
Loyola University Medical
Center
Services
also are offered at the following Loyola sites:
Loyola
Family Health Center at LaGrange Park
Loyola
Family Health Center at North Riverside
Loyola
Senior Health Center at Forest Park
Loyola
Primary Care Center at Oakbrook Terrace
Loyola
Primary Care Center at Darien
Proviso East High School school-based clinic
Loyola
Primary Care Center at Wheaton
If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance to find an appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.
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Chair
Angelos
Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP
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