Adult Psychiatric Outpatient Services
The adult clinic offers psychiatric evaluation and therapy for patients 18 and older. Individual, group, family and pharmacotherapy are available. Short and long-term outpatient treatment is available, depending on patient needs.
- Patient appointments: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
Substance Abuse Services
The clinic provides evaluation and outpatient treatment for patients with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Individual, group and family therapies are offered. Other services include outpatient detoxification, medication and coordinated intervention approaches. Specific groups are held for some patient categories, e.g. college students or spouses of alcoholics.
- Patient appointments: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Babette Wise, M.S.W.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Mood and anxiety disorders are very common problems that affect people’s quality of life, personal relationships, productivity and general health. The Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the outpatient program at Georgetown University Hospital provides diagnostic evaluations, treatment recommendations and second opinions for adults between the ages of 18 and 65. Patients with depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or other mood and anxiety disorders can benefit greatly from professional diagnostic evaluations and multidisciplinary treatments which are compassionate and evidence-based.
Behavioral Medicine Program
This program provides the psychiatric and psychological component of a multidisciplinary approach to pain management for patients suffering headache, back, abdomen, and other types of chronic pain. Services include assessment, individual cognitive-behavioral therapy for pain management and EMG-assisted relaxation training.
Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
This service provides outpatient evaluation and treatment for children, adolescents, and their parents. Individual, group, family and pharmacotherapy are available. Projective, cognitive and educational assessments are also offered. Treatment is provided for problems ranging from minor adjustment disorders to severe emotional disturbances.
- Patient appointments: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
Geriatric Psychiatry Service
This program provides psychiatric service to patients aged 65 and older with symptoms including depression, dementia and other psychiatric disorders. The service provides diagnostic evaluations, consultations and ongoing treatment. Medicare and D.C. Medicaid patients are accepted.
- Patient appointments: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
Medical Illness Program
This program specializes in the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of patients with medical and psychiatric illnesses and patients suffering from emotional disorders secondary to serious physical illnesses.
- Patient appointments: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
Mental Health Care Inpatient Unit
This unit provides short-term psychiatric hospitalization. The multidisciplinary approach includes pharmacotherapy; individual, group and family psychotherapy; psychological and neuropsychological assessment; and electroconvulsive therapy. The unit specializes in treatment of patients with co-morbid medical and psychiatric diagnoses.
- Contact: Alan W. Newman, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-3960
Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program
This center, located on 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, provides intensive outpatient psychiatric care for patients requiring a structured day program. Services include diagnostic evaluations, crisis intervention, medication management and group therapy. The center operates Monday through Friday.
*The Psychiatric Partial Hospital Program will relocate to their new off-campus space at 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 201. The new phone number will be 944-5353.
- Contact: John Little, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 944-5353
Psychopharmacology Clinic
The department's Psychopharmacology Consult Clinic offers thorough psychiatric diagnostic evaluations with accompanying treatment recommendations, as well as second opinion consults. Referrals are provided for appropriate follow-up care, including medication management and/or therapy.
- Patient appointments: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 687-8609
