SLUCare specialists at Saint Louis University Hospital are trained to serve the needs of adults experiencing emotional or mental disorders. Services are provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis through the hospitals:
Adult Inpatient Treatment Program, which offers patients a respite from overwhelming environmental stresses and allows professional staff to further evaluate and intensively treat disorders in an inpatient setting.
Partial Hospitalization Program, providing up to five days a week of intensive day programming for patients requiring more intensive care than found in an outpatient setting.
Geriatric Psychiatry, providing a 10-bed acute inpatient diagnostic and treatment unit and partial hospitalization day program for older adults facing problems unique to their age group.
Clinical Trials Unit
The Clinical Trials Unit provides high-quality services to facilitate the completion of various phases of clinical research. The Department of Psychiatry has conducted clinical trials in:
Mood disorders
Alzheimer's disease
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia
Social phobia
Anxiety disorders
