General Sports Psychiatry & Post-Concussion Symptoms

Who is Eligible for Treatment?

  • Collegiate athletes in collaboration with their school athletic department’s athletic trainers and medical staff
  • Professional athletes & other elite athletes in collaboration with their team’s athletic trainers and medical staff
  • Retired professional/collegiate/other elite athletes (self-referrals welcome)
  • College students and young adults seeking seeking general psychiatric care.

Services Available

Comprehensive evaluation of symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment planning, including discussion of medications that may be helpful.

  • Post-concussion symptoms
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Life transition difficulties
  • Sleep disruption
  • Attention deficit and hyperactivity impairments
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Grief / bereavement issues
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Bipolar Disorder / other mood disorders
  • Schizophrenia / other psychotic disorders

Comprehensive evaluation of symptoms, diagnosis, initial treatment planning, and referral to other specialty care.

  • Drug & Alcohol Use Disorders
  • Eating disorders

Services not available:

 

  • Psychotherapy (referrals to therapist provided as needed)
  • Disability assessments
  • One-time evaluations for work/school fitness, return to play, legal issues, guardianship, security clearances, capacity/competency

 

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Payment Information

Sports Psychiatry Pittsburgh is an in-network provider for UPMC (commercial and ACA plans) and Highmark (including other Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPOs). Sports Psychiatry Pittsburgh is not in-network with any other insurance plans, including any Medicare/Medicaid/HealthChoices plan, even if they are part of UPMC or Highmark/Blue Cross. Private pay options are also available. For patients with … Continue reading Payment Information

Office & Location

The Sports Psychiatry Pittsburgh office is centrally located in the Forbes Pride & Stevenson Building in Pittsburgh’s Uptown.  It is near Mercy Hospital, Duquesne University, and the exits for the Liberty Bridge, Veterans Bridge, and Bigelow Boulevard.  The office is less than a 5-minute drive from Pittsburgh’s Downtown, the North Shore, Oakland, and South Side. … Continue reading Office & Location