Mood Disorders Clinic
- 2211 Wesbrook Mall, inside the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health building Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5
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- Phone: 604-822-7512
- Fax: 604-822-7922
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.
About the Mood Disorders Clinic
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.
How to access
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Check eligibliity
We provide consultation and assessments for adults with mood disorders, primarily within the Vancouver Coastal Health region (Vancouver, North Shore, Richmond, and the Sunshine Coast).
Outside this region, we limit referrals to psychiatrists or community mental health teams requesting a second opinion after six months of a prior psychiatric assessment.
We accept referrals:
- for patients with mood disorders (depressive disorders, and bipolar/related disorders)
- from family physicians and nurse practitioners in the Greater Vancouver (Lower Mainland) area
- from psychiatrists practicing anywhere in B.C.
- for patients with recurrent seasonal depression located anywhere in B.C.
We do not accept referrals:
- for patients who have seen a psychiatrist in the past 6 months, unless the psychiatrist sends the referral to us
- for patients who have attended or been referred to the Psychiatric Urgent Care Program at Mood Disorders Association of BC in the past 6 months, unless the psychiatrist sends the referral to us
- for ongoing care and follow-up
- for medicolegal, forensic, or disability evaluations (including WorkSafeBC, ICBC, etc.)
- for inpatient admissions
- for group therapy
- for patients with acute suicidality, or active alcohol/substance abuse.
We may suggest another service or provider that is more suitable for your patient.
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Get a referral
Referrals are made by Family Physicians, Psychiatrists, and other specialists. Fax the completed form to 604-822-7922.
