Mental Health Care

Adult and Late Life Depression Research Center

This research clinic offers free outpatient treatment for depression to individuals who meet criteria for participation in specific research studies.
Eligibility Requirements: Adults ages 50 and older (no upper age limit)
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive, 1st Floor, Room 1501
Phone: 212-543-5825 (English);
212-543-5067 (Spanish)
Fax: 212-543-5133
E-mail: mailto:gersont@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.nyspi.org/
Partner(s): New York State Office of Mental Health
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Advanced Centers for Interventions and Services Research

The center provides evaluations and, if appropriate, treatment to children and adolescents who suffer from depression, anxiety, suicidal feelings, eating disorders, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Eligibility Requirements: Legal guardian must call to schedule appointment.
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-543-6000
Fax: 212-543-6660
Columbia Unit(s): Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Anxiety Disorders Clinic

The bilingual (English and Spanish) clinic offers free outpatient treatments through research to patients who may be suffering from panic disorders, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, gambling problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depression in Hispanics, complicated grief, and heightened illness concern.
Eligibility Requirements: Ages 18 to 65
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-543-5367
Fax: 212-543-6515
Web site: http://www.nyspi.org/
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry; School of Medicine

Brain and Behavior Clinic

This research clinic offers free outpatient treatment for depression to individuals who meet criteria for participation in transcranial magnetic stimulation research studies, among others.
Eligibility Requirements: Adults ages 18 and older
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive, 1st Floor, Room 1501
Phone: 212-543-5767 (English)
(212) 543-5664 (Spanish)
Faxes: 212-543-4340
E-mail: bbclinic@columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/research/clinics/ntd.html
Partner(s): New York State Office of Mental Health
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

The center offers diagnostic consultations at low fees for psychoanalysis to adults and children throughout the metropolitan area.
Eligibility Requirements: None
Fee(s): Call for fee information.
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-927-0112
Fax: 212-543-5677
Web site: http://www.columbiapsychoanalytic.org/
Columbia Unit(s): College of Physicians and Surgeons

Depression Evaluation Services

This service provides an outpatient research and treatment program for studying antidepressant medications to promote knowledge of depressive disorders and to identify methods for matching specific treatments to different forms of these disorders.
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-543-5734
Fax: 212-543-5326
Web site: http://www.depression-nyc.org/
Partner(s): New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Eating Disorders Research Clinic

The clinic provides a nationally recognized treatment/research program in the treatment of eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa (inpatient and outpatient), anorexia nervosa (inpatient and outpatient), and binge eating disorder.
Eligibility Requirements: Some restrictions may apply.
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-543-5739
E-mail: mailto:edru@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Web site: http://eatingdisordersclinic.org/
Partner(s): New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Hispanic Treatment Program for Depression and Anxiety

The Hispanic Treatment Program for Depression and Anxiety is a not-for-profit service specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders for adults suffering from panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hypochondriasis, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety, and depression.
Fee(s): No fees
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive, Room 3200, Unit 69
Phone: 212-543-5367
Fax: 212-543-6515
Partner(s): New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Lieber Schizophrenia Research Unit

This research unit provides state-of-the-art treatment for patients with schizophrenia and attempts to determine the nature and causes of the
illness.
Address: 1051 Riverside Drive
Phone: 212-543-5418
Fax: 212-543-5537
Web site: http://www.nyspi.cpmc.columbia.edu/
Columbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Lucy A. Wick Clinic for HIV Mental Health

This clinic provides outpatient psychotherapy and adjunct psychiatric services to adults diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or related concerns.
Eligibility Requirements: Adults ages 18 or older
Fee(s): Sliding fee scale; Medicaid and Medicare accepted
Address: 635 West 165th Street, EI6, 6th Floor
Phone: 212-305-4562
Fax: 212-305-8394
Columbia Unit(s): NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Mobile Crisis Service

The Mobile Crisis Service provides psychiatric crisis intervention
to individuals (children or adults) and their families. Services include psychiatric evaluation, crisis counseling, and referral to longer-term treatment. All services are carried out in the home.
Eligibility Requirements: Aduts and children living within the following area: from 155th Street to the northern tip of Manhattan, river to river, and in the Marble Hill area in the Bronx
Fee(s): Many insurances are accepted, including Medicaid and Medicare. The service will work with families who have difficulty paying.
Phone: 212-342-5797
Fax: 212-342-1441
Columbia Unit(s): NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Department of Psychiatry

Pediatric Psychiatry Service's School-based Mental Health Program

School-based mental health services are provided throughout the year at fourteen New York City public schools in Upper Manhattan. Full mental health evaluation and treatment are available to children and families onsite at five local elementary schools in Washington Heights/Inwood (P.S. 4, P.S. 128, P.S. 132, P.S. 152, and P.S. 173). Urgent evaluation, crisis intervention, and short-term treatment are provided to children and families at another eight elementary schools and one middle school/high school in Washington Heights/Inwood and Central Harlem (P.S. 28, P.S. 46, P.S. 48, P.S 115, P.S. 123, P.S. 125, P.S. 153, P.S. 189, and Thurgood Marshall Academy). The program seeks to improve social and academic outcomes for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties while keeping children in their regular classroom environments. A multidisciplinary (psychiatry, psychology, and social work) team provides services in Spanish and English.
Eligibility Requirements: Students registered at one of the schools served
Fee(s): Third-party payment (Medicaid, Medicaid HMOs) may be accessed if available, but is not required. Services are available regardless of ability to pay.
Registration/Application Deadline: Each school's student support staff typically identifies children, but students and families may self-refer to program staff at each school site at any point during the school year or summer program.
Phone: 212-305-7563; 212-305-9923; 212-305-9154
Fax: 212-305-6614
E-mail: crs9002@nyp.org; nag9019@nyp.org; mailto:MarshalL@childpsych.columbia.edu
Web site: http://childpsych.columbia.%20edu/s_clinical.html
Partner(s): NYC Department of Education Region 10; NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; NYS Office of Mental Health; multiple private foundations
Columbia Unit(s): Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Special Needs Clinic

The clinic is specialized to meet the mental health needs of children and families affected by the dual epidemics of HIV and substance abuse.
Eligibility Requirements: New patients accepted upon availability
Address: 622 West 168th Street, 4th Floor East
Phone: 212-305-9099
Fax: 212-305-7400
Columbia Unit(s): NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Vanderbilt Clinic