The Mood Disorders Program is committed to providing expert care to patients and their families, while conducting research to advance scientific knowledge.

We believe that patients are best served by having a range of treatment options, tailored to fit patients’ needs.  Consequently, we provide medication therapy and psychotherapy based on the latest research.  We make treatment available in various formats, including outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient.  We strive to make treatment decisions in partnership with patients.

We believe in a “team approach”.  We employ clinicians with diverse skills and credentials.  We work together to provide balanced care, with an equal emphasis on medications and psychological therapy.  Our hope is to help patients understand and recover from their conditions.  But we want more for our patients.  We hope that patients will improve their coping skills and develop lifestyles that support health and wellness.

We believe in scientific research.  Science has led to important advances in the treatment of mood disorders.  We conduct research that has direct relevance to people’s lives, with a special emphasis on complex conditions and underserved populations.  We hope that our research improves treatment as well as quality of life.  Finally, we train young researchers, as we believe that the future holds great promise for additional scientific advances.

In every endeavor, we believe in striving for excellence to help heal, educate, and discover.

NEWS

• Recent Health News article in The Plain Dealer concerning the rising trend in adult suicide features valuable insight from Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D. (Article)

• Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2008 Morley Family Foundation Junior Investigator Award (for the study of Depression and Post-Depression Recovery): Dr. Keming Gao and Dr. Irina Korobkova (Complete Details)

• Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D. and the Center for Bipolar Disorder are working with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and the Department of Defense on the Kaptur DoD/DVA Mental Health Initiative. (Risk and Resilience Factors for Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Psychopathology and Post Combat Adjustment)

• Friends and supporters contribute $1.5 million dollars to establish the Bipolar Disorders Research Chair in honor of Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D. (5/2007)

• Study Suggests Risperidone Long-Acting Injection Combined with Standard Treatment Helped Delay Time to Relapse in Patients with Bipolar Disorder. (2/2008) (Click here to see full article)

• Kathryn Feldman and David Kemp, M.D. article on Beating the Holiday Blues. (Article)

• Are Patients with Depression at Greater Risk for Diabetes and Heart Disease? (Article)

FACULTY LECTURE SERIES

GRAND ROUNDS

• 5-19-2008
  "Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Antidepressant Exposure among Pregnant Women with Bipolar Disorder"
  Adele Viguera, M.D.
  (flyer)

  Triangle Building Conference Room
  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  Please contact Debra Matovic at
  216-844-2890.
  

• 5-9-2008
  "Psoriasis and Psychiatry"
  Michael Carlisle, D.O.
  PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident
  (flyer)

  Hanna Pavilion Amphitheater
  8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
  Please contact Kate Kilbane at
  216-844-3658 to be added to the calendar email distribution list.