MaineHealth Behavioral Health provides expert psychological care and counseling are for adults and children.
What is psychology?
Psychologists are health professionals who have training and expertise in human behavior and psychological health. Psychologists are not medical doctors, but they hold a doctor of psychology (PsyD degree) or doctor of philosophy (PhD degree) in clinical psychology, counseling, or school psychology.
Psychologists evaluate and treat people who have mental health problems, such as depression. Psychologists also provide counseling and other mental health services. Some states allow psychologists to prescribe medicine. Psychologists are licensed in the state in which they practice.
Services
- Evaluations
- Diagnostic testing
- Intelligence assessment
- Memory testing
- Personality assessment
- Neuro-psychological screening and assessment
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Patient education
- Group and family therapy
- Peer support
Conditions commonly treated
- Anxiety
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Schizophrenia
What is the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists?
- Psychiatrists are medical doctors (MD) or doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) with training in evaluating and treating mental health conditions. They are able to prescribe medications to patients.
- Psychologists may have their master’s degree or doctorate in psychology (PhD) or education (EdD) and have experience treating patients using different psychotherapy techniques.
Integrated Behavioral Health Care
Counseling, therapy and other behavioral health services are available at most MaineHealth primary care practices. Contact your primary care provider for more information.
MaineHealth Behavioral Health
Please call 844-292-0111 for more information about behavioral health care services, or to make an appointment.