Mood Disorders Comprehensive Consultation Service
The Comprehensive Consultation Service (CCS)
within the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychiatry provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art
assessments and second opinions for individuals
with mood and anxiety disorders, including: bipolar
disorder, major depression, dysthymia, mood disorders
secondary to medical conditions and anxiety disorders.
The CCS also addresses questions regarding the
optimal management of mood disorders during pregnancy
and the post-natal period.
About Mood Disorders
Mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, are characterized by extreme mood states that cause great distress and which interfere with daily living. Depressed persons may feel persistently sad, distressed, and hopeless even though there is no reason for them to feel that way. People with bipolar disorder may experience abnormally high energy and an elevated sense of mood and self that interferes with their ability to make reasonable choices, as well as depressed periods. Mood disorders are common and treatable medical illnesses.
Consultation
Our service is lead by nationally-renowned
psychiatrists who specialize in the optimal treatment
of complex mood disorders. They are able
to provide cutting edge consultation on across
the board therapeutic options including psychotherapy,
psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatric
type interventions (electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT), vagal nerve stimulation therapy (VNS) and
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)).
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