UCHealth Behavioral Health Clinic - Longs Peak Medical Center

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Hours
Monday: 7:30am – 5pm
Tuesday: 7:30am – 5pm
Wednesday: 7:30am – 5pm
Thursday: 7:30am – 5pm
Friday: 7:30am – 5pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Your team
Konoy Mandal, MD
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Psychiatry

Expert behavioral health care, close to home.

UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital provides specialized behavioral health care to help individuals overcome mental health challenges and disorders. Our goal is to provide quality, compassionate and accessible care to help with your specific behavioral health needs.

Conditions we treat

The Interventional Psychiatry Department at Longs Peak Medical Center works to help patients find alleviation of their mental health symptoms associated with the following conditions:

  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), especially treatment resistant depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Catatonia
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Schizophrenia
  • Psychosis

Services and treatments

The Interventional Psychiatry Department at Longs Peak Medical Center provides the following behavioral health services:

  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) (future)

Specialty programs: electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is a treatment for patients with severe depression or bipolar disorder that have not responded to traditional medication or psychotherapy.

Who is a potential candidate?

Patients with severe depression or bipolar disorder, whom:

  • Have treatment-resistant mood disorders and psychosis.
  • Have failed numerous medications.
  • Are experiencing medication side-effects, including weight gain.
  • Have chronic, hard to control pain.
  • Are seniors who cannot tolerate medication side-effects.
  • Are pregnant and cannot take medications because of risk of harming the developing fetus.
  • Require a rapid treatment response.
  • Are at risk of suicide.

A thorough evaluation must be completed to determine if a patient is a good candidate for ECT and all patient referrals require medical necessity and a second opinion.

How is ECT done?

ECT involves a brief electrical stimulation of the brain while the patient is under anesthesia. It is performed by our team that includes a psychiatrist as well as a specialty-trained nursing and anesthesia team.

ECT initially requires three treatments a week, eventually transitioning to treatments every few months and then limited maintenance.

Our clinic at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital offers ECT on an outpatient basis.

Benefits of ECT

ECT is the most evidence-based treatment for psychiatric disorders and can have life-changing benefits for those with treatment-resistant depression or bipolar disorder:

  • Highest percentage of patients who attain remission, in addition to response.
  • Strongest anti-suicidal effect of any psychiatric intervention.
  • The treatment gives real-time evidence if it is working.
Why ECT at UCHealth?

Our psychiatrist is certified by International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation (ISEN) with over 20 years of experience, and has administered over 25,000 ECT treatments.

  • We can manage additional co-existing medical conditions.
  • We use a state-of-the-art machine based on how one neuron communicates with another.
  • We provide services related to ECT, such as medication management and exercise plan monitoring.
  • Flexible scheduling, with treatments offered five days a week.

 

Scheduling

Please call our office to schedule your appointment.

Please provide all the following information at your scheduled appointment:

  • Photo ID
  • Insurance card
  • Referral (if needed)

To allow enough time to complete your check-in process, please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment.

Questions? Give us a call!