Mood Disorders Clinic
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The Mood Disorders Clinic, offered through UBC Mood Disorders Centre – Research, Education, Awareness, and Care Hub (MDC REACH), provides a consultation clinic focusing on depression and bipolar disorders, in which patients receive careful assessment, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
What to expect
The Mood Disorders Clinic, a program offered through the UBC Mood Disorders Centre – Research, Education, Awareness, and Care Hub (MDC REACH), is an active outpatient clinic that focuses on consultations – single-visit assessments and treatment recommendations – of adult patients. Within the clinic, we have programs for
- seasonal depression (seasonal affective disorder),
- first episode mania, and
- treatment-resistant mood disorders.
We follow a limited number of patients for brief management (typically two to three months), usually in clinical research protocols. The focus of expertise is on medication management, psychotherapy, and neurostimulation treatments.
Mood Disorders Clinic at UBCH Hospital (UBCH)
- Phone: (604) 822-7512