Mood disorders

Even at their highest intensity, symptoms of mood disorders are often misinterpreted as merely mood swings. Worse, they are sometimes considered personality flaws rather than real medical conditions. The truth is that mood disorders are treatable medical illnesses caused by a complex interaction of genetic, biochemical and environmental factors. There are several types of mood disorders: major depressive disorder (unipolar depression); dysthymia; bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression); cyclothymia.

Dual Diagnosis Program

The UCLA Dual Diagnosis Program will be opening July 2012

Comprehensive Treatment of Addiction in an Outpatient Setting

The UCLA Dual Diagnosis Program is an 8 week outpatient treatment program for individuals suffering from both an addictive disorder and another psychiatric diagnosis such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or ADHD. The program consists of the following components:

  • Initial psychiatric diagnostic assessment performed by a UCLA psychiatrist
  • Addiction treatment group from 6PM – 7PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
  • Individualized schedule of treatment groups for co-occurring diagnoses (Depresion, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, or ADHD) from 7PM – 8PM each weeknight.
  • Mindfulness training
  • Family education lecture 6PM – 7PM on Wednesdays
  • Weekly 1 hour individual psychotherapy
  • Biweekly medication management with UCLA psychiatrist

For more information, please contact us at (310) 862-2304

 

The Dual Diagnosis Program specialize in the treatment of co-occurring substance use and other Axis I disorders.

Genetic Studies of Antidepressant Response

Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Steven P. Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D.

Carol Cochran Schaffner Endowed Chair in Mental Health
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
University of California San Francisco

The topic of the presentation will be “Genetic Studies of Antidepressant Response”

Learning Objectives:

  1. Review genetic factors that may influence response to antidepressants
  2. Discuss genetic factors that may influence antidepressant side effects
  3. Identify limitations of genetic data for predictions of treatment response

NEW--Podcast Preview available on the website, www.psychiatrygrandrounds.com

Event detail
15 Mar 2011 - 11:00 - 12:30

Resources

Resources about Mood Disorders

There is some useful information about mood disorders, their sysmptoms and treatment within the Semel website; specifically:

 

Websites:

CHAMP Blog

CHAMP Blog

Here you will find questions asked by the public or general articles of interest on mood disorders in children and adolescents

News and Announcements from CHAMP

News and Announcements from CHAMP

The CHAMP Clinic is open for diagnostic evaluations and treatment planning visits for children who have mood disorders. We specialize in bipolar disorder in children between the ages of 17 and 17. If you would like to set up an appointment with our team of clinical psychologists and child psychiatrists, please call Brittany Scott, our clinic coordinator, at (310) 825-2836.

Integrated Mood Disorders Clinic Conference

Integrated Mood Disorders Study Center Fall Conference 

“Depression: Moving Toward Personalized Medicine”

A Conference co-sponsored by the UCLA Semel Institute and the Deutsch, Knapp, and Kayne Foundations

Friday, December 3rd 9:30am- 4:30pm

 Tamkin Auditorium,  Level B, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

 

Event detail
3 Dec 2010 - 09:30 - 18:00

Overview

As the burden of mood disorder grows, there is greater need for a cadre of adult, child and geriatric psychiatrists who have postgraduate specialty (fellowship) training in research and treatment relevant to mood disorders.  We are most proud of the junior investigators and clinicians skilled in the care and prevention of mood disorders who have been trained within the Center.

In an academic career, the transition from formal training to junior investigator and faculty member status is one of the most challenging.  We have a dearth of clinical investigators, especially in complex areas such as neuropsychiatry.  The availability of Advanced Educational Fellowships will be critical to this effort. Fellows will be taught, with mentor oversight, the fundamental principles of formulating and focusing a research question and developing a methodology such that they may carry through a project to completion and experience the excitement of doing so.

Advanced educational fellowships are $30,000 for one year (including benefits).  In rare circumstances, we will consider 1-year continuations of these fellowships. Fellows will spend approximately one third of their time in academic pursuit, working in tandem with one of the Center’s faculty (supervision, self-study, and didactics). The remainder of the Fellow’s stipend and fringe benefits must be supported by other sources (clinical revenues, other grant funds, and Institute funds).  

Overview

The Integrative Study Center for Mood Disorders awards 3-4 pilot grants per year (generally about $30,000 each) for innovative studies that bridge interests across Center faculty to generate new and unique collaborations. Starter grants are submitted by Senior Center faculty and should involve projects that involve work across two or more faculty member labs. Projects should involve one or more junior-level people (i.e., residents, fellows, junior faculty). The oversight of the faculty steering committee in awarding these grants has helped assure equity in terms of which groups and their junior faculty members receive such funding.