An important domain of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is the provision of clinical service and oversight of clinical practice through the Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Health Services (NPBHS) of the Department's practice group. Organized under the practice guidelines of the David Geffen School of Medicine, NPBHS is overseen by a practitioner's board advisory to the Executive Chair and managed on a day-to-day basis by Dr Michael Gitlin.
Click on the clinic/service titles for more information; please note that all booking is through the ACCESS Center (800-825 9989 or 310-825 9989, Mon-Fri 0800-1700) and that certain clinics (*) are only available to patients currently registered with the UCLA Health System (within the past 12 months). Days and times indicate when patient appointments can be made, although these are subject to change at short notice.
The UCLA Addiction Medicine Clinic seeks to offer individualized assessment and treatment for patients suffering from addictive psychiatric disorders. The clinic provides medication-management services for individuals suffering from problems with: Alcohol; Opioids and heroin; Cocaine and amphetamines; Marijuana; Gambling; and, Compulsive behaviors.
Thursday afternoons (1300-1600) - 300 Medical Plaza, 2nd Floor
The ADHD Clinic offers state-of-the-art services for children, adolescents, and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ ADHD). The ADHD Clinic is comprised of an interdisciplinary team specializing in the evaluation, treatment, and support of individuals with attention deficits, learning problems, and related behavioral difficulties.
Wednesdays (times vary)
For people who can manage their anxiety disorders on a weekly, outpatient basis, UCLA Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Clinic provides both Behavior Therapy and Medication Management. It treats all anxiety disorders, including OCD, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. The clinic also offers an extensive evaluation and treatment program. If you are uncertain about which course of action may be most appropriate for you, please call 310-825-9989 and assistance will be provided.
For more information visit the program website
Wednesday mornings (0800-1100)
The clinic provides a specialized, high-level of multi-disciplinary expertise, in its approach to this difficult and poorly understood disorder. Our new assessment protocol routinely includes comprehensive diagnostic and cognitive testing by child psychologists, speech and language assessment and occupational therapy evaluation all with practitioner’s skilled and experienced with autism spectrum disorders. A pediatric neurologist is also available as needed for exploration of the many co-morbid medical issues that are seen in this complex disorder. Visit www.autism.ucla.edu/aec for more information.
Tue-Thu afternoons (1300-1600)
BPDI current offers a one year program based on the Mentalization-Based Treatment Model developed by Bateman and Fonagy. Clinic sessions are held in the afternoons and evenings to accommodate work schedules of the patients.
Referrals should call or leave a voicemail message on the 310-825-7447 line (note: the BPD clinic referrals do not go through UCLA ACCESS).
Intake is a multistep process. Each individual is screened on the phone and, if appropriate, an appointment is made for an assessment with our program psychiatrist. Next, the prospective patient meets with either our psychologist or our clinical social worker to continue the assessment. Lastly, the prospective patient meets with the team to review the assessment and discuss treatment targets and goals.
More details on the BPDI website www.semel.ucla.edu/bpd
This program provides specialized evaluation and treatment for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder. For more information visit the research program website
Monday afternoons (1400-1800)
The UCLA Impulse Control Disorders Clinic is an outpatient clinic that provides treatment for pathological gamblers and their families. Services included consultations, diagnostic assessments, pharmacological management, individual psychotherapy and family therapy. For more information visit the research program website
Tue/Wed afternoons (1200-1600)
This outpatient program offers comprehensive outpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment of patients with depression, anxiety, psychosis, sleeplessness, chronic pain and other disorders. Medication management and individual psychotherapy are available.
Monday afternoons (1300-1630)
This program provides evaluation and short term treatment for persons requesting a diagnosis for any and all psychiatric disorders. Once a diagnosis has been determined, patients may request to be transferred to a speciality clinic which pertains to such disorder
Wed/Fri afternoons (1400-1630)
This program provides specialized evaluation and treatment for persons with all types of affective (mood) disorders, such as depression, manic depressive, bipolar illness. For more information on Mood Disorders, visit the research program's website.
Tue/Thu afternoons (1300-1600)
This clinic provides care for patients with both active neurological issues (ie, epilepsy, seizure disorders, tic disorders, Tourette’s Syndrome, movement disorders, traumatic brain injury, etc) and behavioral/psychological/ psychiatric issues. Services provided include psychiatric diagnostic assessments, case management, and medication management. In addition, short-term individual therapy is sometimes provided. However, it is not possible to provide ongoing and more intensive therapeutic services. Thus, in those cases, where such services are needed, you will be referred to other appropriate providers. In addition, this clinic does NOT provide psychological assessments (i.e. cognitive testing, academic testing, determination of learning disorders per se). Similarly, in these cases, where psychological/educational testing is needed you will also be referred elsewhere.
More information can be found on their website www.semel.ucla.edu/pediatric
Thursday afternoons (1300-1600) - 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 1200
The Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Clinic provides medication consultation and treatment for the range emotional and behavioral disorders arising in childhood. Treatments are limited to medication management, but are provided when necessary in conjunction with outside therapists. The clinic does not take direct referrals, but will see patients referred by other UCLA providers who suspect a potential need for pharmacotherapy.
Wednesday afternoons (1330-1630)This program provides specialized avalutation and treatment for individuals with Schizophrenia and related disorders or sysptoms, such as psychotic behavior, auditory or visual hallucinations, incoherence, delusional, and paranoia. Visit the Section on Psychosis website for useful reference information.
Friday mornings (0900-1130)
This program provides specialized evaluation and treatment for emotional concerns and psychiatric conditions associated with issues specific to women, such as infertility, menstrual phases, menopause, post-partum depression and gynecological procedures. For more information, view the fact sheet on the Womens Life Center
Wednesday afternoons (1230-1500)
For more information on physicians and services at UCLA, please call our Physician Referral Service at (800) UCLA-MD1 or (310) 825-2631. For UCLA Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Services, contact our ACCESS Center at (800) 825-9989 or (310) 825-9989. Service available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST) to assist you.
