Clinical Services
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Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease (CEAD) at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University |
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's DiseaseProvides comprehensive neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of memory disorders. Services include social services, activity group, family support group, home visits, and community educational activities. Patients have opportunities to participate in new clinical trials. Website: Alzheimers Website
Carl Cohen, MD
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Consultation Liaison Services |
Consultation Liaison ServicesThe service consists of four attendings. The division staff and residents perform initial consultations and follow-ups on medical surgical inpatients at Kings County Hospital and University Hospital. Also, Dr. Viswanathan has an outpatient practice at the University Hospital focusing on Anxiety Disorders and Depression. Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MDTel: 917-760-0786 |
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Geriatric Psychiatry |
Geriatric PsychiatryThe division provides neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of persons age 55 and over. Services include pharmacotherapy, individual psychotherapy, and group treatment. Website: SUNY Downstate Geriatric Fellowship Program Michael Reinhardt, MDTel: 718-270-2003 Downstate Mental Health Associates (DMHA) |
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Child Mental Health Center |
Child Mental Health Center The early intervention program specializes in servicing medically involved and developmentally delayed children. Services are provided in the center and in the hospital.
Joan Hittelman, PhD Tel: 718-270-2598 |
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Outpatient Psychiatry –Downstate Mental Health Associates (DMHA) |
Downstate Mental Health Associates, Inc./UPB The outpatient division provides diagnosis and treatment for persons age 18 and over. Treatment modalities include pharmacotherapy, dynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy and group treatment. Specialty services include geropsychiatry, phobia and anxiety disorders program, clozaril clinic, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and memory disorders. Social services are also available. Patients have opportunities to participate in new clinical trials. Tel: 718-270-1808 Fax: 718-270-3355 |
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Schizophrenia Research Program |
Schizophrenia Research Program The mission of the Schizophrenia Research Program at SUNY Downstate is to help develop more effective treatments for patient with schizophrenia. This goal is accomplished by conducting clinical research studies that offers participants excellent clinical care, while at the same time advancing our knowledge of how to best treat this devastating illness. Nina Schooler, PhD
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SUNY Evening Training Service (SETS) |
SUNY Evening Training Service718-270-1808 |
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Alcholism and Drug Dependence |
Alcholism and Drug DependenceThe Addictive Disease Hospital has instituted a number of treatment evaluations and research projects in the following areas:
Several publications have resulted form these studies.
Susan Whitley, MD
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Behavioral Health Primary Care Service |
Behavioral Health Primary Care Service Tatyana Braslaskaya, MD Assistant Director, Behavioral Health Medical Services Patients with mental diseases and drug addiction, includes low income and homeless patients are seen. Black, White, Asian and Hispanic male and female patients ranging from 18-70 years of age with different medical conditions, including multiple co- morbidities are cared for in the outpatient setting. David Estes, MD
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers an array of behavioral health services to children and families in need. Most of these services are housed at our clinical affiliate, Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC).
There is an Infant and Child Learning Program, run by Dr. Hittelman, based at SUNY as well as a wide array of services at our affiliate, New York City Children's Center, Brooklyn Campus. Nitin Toteja, MBBS Child/Adolescent: James Lubin, MD – Tel: 718-245-2221 or 2212 New Onset Psychosis: Shana Clarke, MD – Tel: 718-245-2215 Dr. Cathryn Galanter
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Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Services (CPEP) |
Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Services (CPEP) (CPEP) functions as the emergency receiving and treatment service for adults for central Brooklyn, a catchment area of roughly 500,000 individuals, and for children and adolescents throughout the entire borough of Brooklyn . Adult patients are assessed and recommended for either inpatient admission or are referred to the Extended Observation Unit (EOU) for crisis treatment. Adult patients who do not require emergency services are referred to the Central Intake Unit (CIU) for evaluation for outpatient treatment. Child patients are either admitted to one of the child and adolescent inpatient units or are referred for continued outpatient treatment. As part of the CPEP, the Mobile Outreach Team provides services to adult patients whose mental health needs prevent them from coming to the hospital unassisted. Tel: 718-245-2310 / 2311 |
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Consultation Liasion |
Consultation Liasion There is a mix of African-Americans, Caribbean-Americans, Euro-Americans and Hispanics comprising the major groups of patients seen and treated. Patients range from 16 to 90 years with a wide range of in socio-economic status from homeless to affluent. Health Insurance also varies from no insurance to Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Diagnoses frequently seen are a wide range of psychopathology and clinical problems. Depression, anxiety, treatment refusal, decisional capacity, organic mental syndromes, somatoform disorders, medical illness mistaken for psychiatric illness, substance abuse, adjustment reactions, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, other psychotic and mood disorders. Treatments provided are Pharmacotherapy, crisis intervention, supportive psychotherapy, systems intervention including education of staff. Alan Tusher, MD, PhD Alla Ostrovskaya, MD |
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Inpatient Psychiatry |
Inpatient Psychiatry R4W: Tel: 718-245-4944 |
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Outpatient Psychiatry |
Outpatient Psychiatry The Adult Outpatient Clinic provides a variety of treatment and aftercare services, including those for individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. Akinola Adebisi, MD Sabina Singh, MD Pongsak Huangthiasong, MD |
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Partial Hospitalization Program |
Partial Hospitalization Program The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) provides an intensive 6-week outpatient treatment program for chronically mentally ill patients. Specialized treatment programs in both the inpatient and outpatient units provide services for drug and/or substance abusing patients. Mudassar Iqbal, MBBS |
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Inpatient Psychiatry |
The Psychiatric Inpatient Program (PIP) provides a 64 bed acute psychiatric inpatient program for individuals 18 and over with a primary major psychiatric disorder, including dually diagnosed psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. Unit provides multidisciplinary assessment, milieu therapy, individual and group therapies, pharmacotherapy and medical assessment and treatment as needed. It also offers aftercare planning and follow-up. Jeffrey Goldberg, DO, Chairman – Tel: 718-616-5309 / Fax 718-616-5314 |