The Clinical Research Center for Mood Disorders offers outpatient treatment for individuals age 60 and older experiencing depression and other mood disorders. Pregnant women may be accepted. Clients receive interpersonal psychotherapy for two years or longer. Maintenance Therapies in Bipolar Disorder Study People over the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder are eligible for this program. Treatment involves the medication lithium and either Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy or Clinical Status and Symptom Response Therapy.
Participants receive treatment for two years or longer.
A wide variety of medication treatments are being utilized. Treatment-Resistant Mania People over the age of 18 who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and who are currently in a manic episode are eligible for this program. Patients who do not respond to treatment with the medication lithium are placed on verapamil. Treatment includes up to 28 weeks of individual therapy. Patients may also be placed on an anti-depressant medication.