Interventional Psychiatry

Greenwich Hospital offers electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for patients diagnosed with severe depression and certain other mental disorders, including bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder. Available on an outpatient basis, ECT is a safe and effective treatment. ECT is administered by our team of specially trained psychiatrists, registered nurses and anesthesiologists, following the standards of Electroconvulsive Therapy Practice developed by the American Psychiatric Association.

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The Yale Department of Psychiatry has been at the forefront of research into the use of brain stimulation therapy to treat disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disease. In the late-1990s, Yale researchers were the first to discover that the drug ketamine, which is primarily used to induce and maintain anesthesia, provided rapid relief to some chronically depressed patients who did not respond to traditional medication. In March 2019, Esketamine (Spravato) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of depression and Greenwich Hospital is one of the few sites in Connecticut that offers this treatment.

If considered an appropriate treatment option after a thorough evaluation process, IPS offers Esketamine and Ketamine treatments in a safe, monitored environment administered by highly experienced physicians.

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IPS also works closely with the Yale Depression Research Program to offer opportunities to participate in cutting-edge clinical trials with novel antidepressant medications and innovative treatments when appropriate.

A referral from a physician or nurse practitioner is required and the patient must undergo an evaluation by a Yale Interventional Psychiatry psychiatrist before a treatment plan is developed. IPS staff will work collaboratively with the referring provider.

Most treatments through IPS are reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and/or covered by commercial insurances.