If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
UK Psychiatry provides a full range of clinical services for adults and adolescents. The department's multidisciplinary faculty is active in a variety of clinical and research interests in biological psychiatry, pharmacotherapy, and behavior therapy including cognitive therapy. The department's facilities include an inpatient unit housed at UK Good Samaritan Hospital and an outpatient clinic located at Fountain Court in Lexington.
Specialties:
- Anxiety Disorders and depression
- Eating disorders
- Family therapy
- Individual and group psychotherapy
- Personality disorders
- Psychosomatic disorders
- Schizophrenia
Programs:
- Adolescent Behavioral Health
- Adult Affective Disorders Clinical Service
- Adult Psychopharmacology Clinical Service
- Anxiety Disorders Clinical Service
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Clinical Service
- Child Abuse Clinical Service
- Child Diagnostic Clinical Service
- Eating Disorders Clinical Service
- Family Mediation and Evaluation Clinical Service
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Locations
Hospitals
Inpatient Clinic
UK Good Samaritan Hospital
310 S. Limestone
Lexington KY 40508Call 859-226-7063 (adult unit)Call 859-226-7060 (adolescent unit)Fax 859-323-1194 (adult unit) or 859-226-7074 (adolescent unit)Clinics
Outpatient Clinic
Third Floor,Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
245 Fountain Court
Lexington KY 40509Call 859-323-6021 Option 1, for patient appointmentsFax 859-323-4927Outreach
Morehead Medical Specialists
234 Medical Circle
Morehead KY 40351Call 606-783-6479 to reach Kristi Helton
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Additional Providers
- Jan Brink, MD (Fellow)
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Accepted Insurance
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- UK-HMO
- UK-PPO
- UK-EPO
- UK-Student Insurance
- Medicare
- Medicaid
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Resources
- National Anxiety Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Anxieties.com: Self-help site for persons suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, phobias obsessive-compulsive disorder, fear of flying and post traumatic stress disorder.
- Anxiety-Panic Resource Center: Medical news, disorder information, and message boards. You can search by diagnosis/disorder.
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
This clinic is held weekly on Friday.