Treatment

CERT-BD Treatment Programs

Our weekly clinics are staffed by specialist physicians who treat people with Bipolar Disorder. We take your complete medical and mental health history, ask you to complete questionnaires, take blood samples if needed, and schedule special laboratory tests as required.  After a diagnosis is made, our staff will discuss the different treatment options available, including medication, individual psychotherapy, family counseling or education, and/or inpatient care options.  Both pediatric and adult care options are available. 

Additional services are also available through UNC's Finley Clinic (including educational assessment for learning disabilities and giftedness placement, as well as child and family psychotherapy [see below]).  All your questions will be answered.  We offer follow-up appointments for medication management and counseling.  In many cases, your care can be continued closer to your home.

 Referrals:  Patients can refer themselves or be referred from providers at UNC or in the community.  To make a referral for patient treatment or for more information call 919-966-3915.

 Finley Clinic:  The UNC Department of Psychology Community Finley Clinic is a community-based outpatient training facility for the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology and is dedicated to providing high quality training with evidence-based psychological assessment and treatments through specialty clinics for children, adolescents, and families, including a pediatric bipolar specialty clinic.  The Finley Clinic also offers diagnostic assessments to help determine appropriate courses of treatment, including state-of-the-art assessment techniques for ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, anxiety disorders (with emphasis on obsessive compulsive disorder), educational assessment for learning disabilities and giftedness placement, and psychotherapy.  The Finley clinic has therapy rooms with video cameras, DVD recorders, and internet access.  The Finley clinic also includes dedicated research space for multiple clinical research programs.

For referrals to the Finley Clinic please call 919-962-6906.