Behavioral Health Services
If you’re facing an emotional or mental health issue, substance abuse or addiction, Northwestern Medicine offers personalized inpatient and outpatient care to help put you on the path to recovery.
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Northwestern Medicine offers comprehensive consultations, diagnostic testing and treatments for a full range of behavioral health disorders in teens and adults. Our specialists provide research-based treatments, care that’s tailored to your individual needs, one-on-one therapy and family involvement in the treatment process.
Services
Northwestern Medicine offers coordinated inpatient and outpatient care to help you overcome emotional and mental health issues, substance abuse and addiction so you can lead a productive, healthy life. Specialized services include:
- Treatment programs for teens and adults
- Co-occuring services for people facing both emotional issues and substance abuse
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)—a new alternative technology to treat severe depression
- Psychiatric subspecialties in addiction, geriatrics and forensics
For individuals suffering from behavioral health issues, Northwestern Medicine also offers a wide variety of support groups to meet your specific needs.
Pediatric Behavioral Health
If your child has a developmental or behavioral issue, delay or disorder, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital2 offers the latest advances in evaluations and therapies to help your child reach for the highest level of potential possible. Learn more about Pediatric Behavioral Health services.
Learning the warning signs of emotional problems or substance abuse is the first step to getting the care you need. If you suspect a problem with yourself or someone you love, contact your physician.
Areas of Care
Conditions
- Adjustment Disorders
- Aging Mental Health Issues
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Drug Addiction
- Eating Disorders
- Gender Identity Issues
- Marital Problems
- Memory Disorders
- Neurobehavioral Issues
- Panic Attacks
- Personality Disorders
- Pornography Addiction
- Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
- Sexual Problems/Disorders
- Substance Abuse
- Technology Overuse and Addiction
- Women's Health Issues
Treatments
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Extended Consultation for Treatment-resistant Mood, Anxiety and Psychotic Disorders
- Family Therapy
- Forensic Consultation
- Group Therapy
- Long-Term Psychotherapy
- Neuropsychological Evaluation and Testing
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments
- Psychiatric Inpatient Services
- Psychopharmacology Treatment
- Suboxone Therapy
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Norman and Ida Stone Institute of Psychiatry
The Norman and Ida Stone Institute of Psychiatry opened in the heart of the medical campus in September 2011. It provides a contemporary approach to psychiatric care in the hospital setting. A healing environment, evidence-based psychotherapy, specialty pharmacology and neuromodulation support our goal to accelerate recovery and prepare our patients to transition back into the community. We are the first inpatient psychiatric care unit in the country to incorporate behavioral activation into the care setting.
The Stone Institute of Psychiatry offers treatments for a range of disorders, including:
- Depression and other mood disorders
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Mental conditions unique to women
- Adolescent behavioral health
- The dual diagnosis and treatment of mental illness with addiction
Treatment options offered include:
- Emergency and crisis intervention
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Neuromodulation therapy including electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation and deep brain stimulation
- Psychosocial and cognitive rehabilitation
- Downtown (AMC)
- Northern Suburbs
- Western Suburbs
- Greater DeKalb County
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers comprehensive consultation, diagnosis and treatment of a full range of adult and older adult mental health disorders. Inpatient and outpatient treatment offered. Psychiatric subspecialties in addiction, geriatrics, and forensics are also offered. Subspecialty services are offered through the following:
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Division of Addiction Psychiatry
- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Division of Neuropsychology
- Division of Forensic Psychiatry
- Division of Psychology
Schedule an appointment
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Outpatient Clinic: 312.695.5060
Supportive Housing Service: 312.926.0896
Warren Wright Adolescent Center: 312.926.8200
At Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, compassionate caregivers offer patients and their families healing through counseling, education, support groups and pastoral care. We also have a chapel in the hospital for private worship. Members of our pastoral care staff are available to assist or counsel you, whatever your religious tradition.
In addition to providing emotional and spiritual support in times of illness or health challenges, Lake Forest Hospital offers treatment for short- or longer-term emotional issues, such as depression. Mental health specialists at Lake Forest Hospital understand how depression affects men, and are skilled at helping men cope with emotional issues.
Lake Forest Mental Health: 847.535.6171
For additional information about our counseling and social work services, please call 847.535.6445, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am–4:30 pm.
For information about Pastoral Care, please call 847.535.6070.
Learn more about our inpatient and outpatient services at Central DuPage Hospital: Behavioral Health - Northwestern Medicine.
To access non-emergency treatment at Northwestern Medicine Behavioral Health, please call 630.933.4000. TTY for the hearing impaired 630.933.4833.
Related Resources
- The Patient Channel1: The Patient Channel gives you access to more than 600 educational videos to help you better manage a variety of medical conditions and maintain a healthy lifestyle. To access the Patient Channel, simply follow the link and insert the appropriate hospital access code: Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (00649) or Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital (00846).
- National Institute on Drug Abuse1: Get the facts about drugs commonly abused and find resources for recovery.
- National Institute of Mental Health1: Learn about mental health issues and get the facts about the latest treatments.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration1: Learn about prevention of mental illness and substance abuse.
- American Psychological Association1: Get the latest on psychological news, topics, education, research and publications. Check out the psychological help center.
- Web MD1: Boost your knowledge about mental health conditions and symptoms.
- NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness1: Get important information on treatment, research and advocacy programs.
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is a collaborative program between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Lurie Children's and its affiliated physician groups. The physicians participating in this program are neither agents nor employees of Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital or Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital.
