The Center for Interventional Psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital provides treatment options for neuropsychiatric disorders that require specialized care, particularly conditions that are non-responsive to usual treatment.
At times, certain people do not see improvements with usual first-line treatments. These individuals may benefit from the interventional treatments that we offer.
Our team of specialized professionals offers individualized treatments for conditions such as:
- Treatment resistant depression
- Treatment resistant mania
- Treatment resistant schizophrenia
- Catatonia and malignant catatonia
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Interventional Psychiatric Treatment Options at UPMC
In the field of psychiatry, first-line treatment usually consists of psychotherapy, or counseling, and medication. Most patients receive benefits and maintain improvement from these standard approaches. Interventional psychiatry is a form of treatment using procedural or device based treatments to manage mental health disorders that are resistant to conventional treatments.
The Center for Interventional Psychiatry specializes in the use of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation), and EsKIT (esketamine intranasal therapy). We offer our interventional services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis.
Contact the Center for Interventional Psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
For more information or to schedule an appointment with the Center for Interventional Psychiatry, please call 412-246-5063.
To refer a patient to UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Center for Interventional Psychiatry, please fill out our referral form (PDF).
