Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Care

Our mental health experts work together to provide evidence-based care for a range of psychiatric and behavioral health conditions.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Care

Our mental health experts work together to provide evidence-based care for a range of psychiatric and behavioral health conditions.

Comprehensive Care for Mental Health Conditions

Our USC Psychiatry and Behavioral Services team offers compassionate, high-quality care and treatment for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. We work with you to help you set mental health and wellness goals and create a customized treatment plan designed to help you achieve them.

Our licensed and board-certified psychiatrists use the latest research and state-of-the-art technology to design care plans that may include medication, neuromodulation and gene sequencing.

Our licensed therapists provide evidence-based psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral care, stress reduction and management, mindfulness techniques and treatment for other behavioral health conditions.

We offer care for a wide range of conditions, including anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and we specialize in finding solutions when a diagnosis is especially treatment resistant.

Conditions We Treat

  • Addiction
  • Adjustment to acute/chronic illness
  • Anxiety and stress disorders
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Catatonia
  • Conditions related to Parkinson’s and seizure disorders
  • Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Depression
  • Distress due to medical conditions
  • Dysthymia
  • Eating and weight disorders
  • Enhancing motivation for lifestyle change
  • Epilepsy
  • Medically unexplained physical symptoms
  • Mood disorders
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Schizoaffective disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Somatic disorders
  • Substance-use disorders
  • Treatment-resistant depression

 

Treatments We Offer

  • Behavioral health treatment, such as relaxation and stress management training
  • Comprehensive adult psychiatric consultations for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions
  • Medication management
  • Short-term, evidence-based psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy
  • Therapeutic neuromodulation
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Clinical Psychology, Psychology

Susan Maria Axtell, PsyD

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Associate Professor of Family Medicine (Clinical Scholar)
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Lauren F. Macmillan, PhD

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Gail A. Murdock, PhD

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Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services
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Clinical Psychology, Psychology
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Andrew J. Petkus, PhD

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Clinical Psychology, Psychology , Neurology
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Denise Sharon, PhD

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Part-Time)
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Faye M. Weinstein, PhD

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Clinical Assistant Professor
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Psychology , Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry
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Why Choose Us for Psychiatric Care and Treatment

Our psychiatrists, therapists, case managers and administration team work together to offer you the care and support you need.

From general psychiatry to more specialized conditions, we offer evidence-based, compassionate care tailored just for you.

We provide care for patients diagnosed with psychiatric and medical conditions, and who need help adjusting to a chronic or acute condition.

We offer neuromodulation therapies, such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) and ketamine infusion therapy.

Our multilingual staff provides additional support in several languages, such as Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu, Kashmiri and Vietnamese.

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