Looking to better meet patient needs by providing improved accessibility, the University of Nevada School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has moved from its longtime location in downtown Reno to the US Bank building on Neil Road on the northeast side of Meadowood Mall.
Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D., department chair, said the move was necessitated by the demand for his department's services.
"We had more demand for our mental health services than we could meet and the space downtown didn't allow us to increase our faculty or staff, to develop resident clinics or employ non-physician clinicians," he explained, adding that several of the department's community partners had approached the department to provide increased psychiatric services, which wasn't possible in the old location due to space limitations.
The department's new Behavioral Health Patient Care Center on Neil Road will offer advanced treatment based on the latest research that deals with personal, psychological and biological factors. Department clinicians can work in collaboration with non-University affiliated treating psychologists and therapists. Diagnosis, individual therapy, child and adolescent therapy, and medication management are available to patients who refer themselves or are referred by another clinician.
The Patient Care Center offers services for children, adolescents and adults and is located on the second floor of the US Bank building at 5190 Neil Road, Suite 215, near the Meadowood Mall. Accepting major commercial and government health plans.
For more information, visit https://med.unr.edu/psychiatry . For appointments, call (775)784-6388.