Director: Peter J. Weiden, M.D.
Program Administrator: Ms. Adriana Magana
Contact:
Center for Cognitive Medicine (M/C 913)
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
912 South Wood Street, Suite 235
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 996-9986
Fax: (312) 996-9517
Our treatment program at the Center for Cognitive Medicine at the
University of Illinois at Chicago emphasizes individualized CBT interventions
for problems related to having a psychotic disorder, such as persistent
positive or negative symptoms, problems meeting life goals, maintaining
stability and health, or interpersonal difficulties. Appropriate formal
psychiatric diagnoses would often include (but not be necessarily limited to)
persons suffering from schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or mood
disorders complicated by persistent psychotic symptoms. CBT treatment is
one part of the comprehensive clinical care we offer for patients diagnosed
with a psychotic disorder. This therapy does not take the place of medication
treatment, but serves as an addition to medical treatment provided by the patient’s primary treating physician.