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

• Loyola Family Health Center at LaGrange Park
• Loyola Family Health Center at North Riverside
• Loyola Primary Care Center at Darien
• Loyola Primary Care Center at Oakbrook Terrace
• Loyola Primary Care Center at Wheaton

Contact Us

For an appointment or for more information about Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience Services, call (888) LUHS-888.