Not all diseases are physical. Mental and emotional issues can severely affect all aspects of your life and can be just as debilitating as a physical disease. ECU Health has behavioral health experts to help tackle issues like depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and personality and mood disorders.

We recognize that every patient comes to us with a different set of problems. That's why we don't work from a standard treatment plan. After carefully examining your needs, we develop a highly personalized treatment plan to get you back to a happy place.

Under the guidance of a physician and licensed therapists, we help manage your medications, provide family support and education and refer you to other services that may be of benefit to you. Depending on your specific condition and location, your treatment may include:

• Individual, group and family sessions


• Exercise, wellness and relaxation therapy


• Community re-entry outings


• Animal-assisted therapy

For senior adults who are having behavioral problems, a special geropsychiatric program is available at ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.

Why ECU Health?

• You can get help quickly. ECU Health offers a triage line (252-847-8791), and you can expect a call back within 15 minutes or less.


• Advanced therapies are here. Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as ECT, is a specialized treatment that is highly effective in patients with severe depression, suicidal ideations and severe psychosis who have not responded to medication and other treatments.


• Special unit for dual diagnosis. In Greenville, ECU Health has a special unit for patients with the dual diagnosis of mental illness/intellectual disability. ECU Health Medical Center is the only hospital in eastern North Carolina with a unit devoted to this population.

Conditions treated

• ADHD


• Adjustment disorders


• Altered mental status


• Anorexia nervosa


• Anti-social personality disorder


• Anxiety disorders


• Autism


• Avoidant personality disorder


• Behavior disorders


• Binge eating disorder


• Bipolar disorder

Treatments

• Bio-feedback


• Bright light therapy


• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)


• Counseling (individual, family or group)


• Electroconvulsive therapy


• Exercise


• Health coaching


• Healthy eating


• Medication


• Recreation therapy

Common tests

• Capacity evaluation


• Home safety evaluation


• IQ testing