Deaconess Cross Pointe

Counseling

Deaconess Cross Pointe is a Counseling practice in Evansville, IN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in identifying solutions to personal, social, and psychological problems. Counselors at Deaconess Cross Pointe perform therapies that offer support and guidance to individuals or groups in order to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Counseling is a series of confidential, one-on-one or group meetings designed to help patients solve issues affecting their mental health and well-being. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Counseling practices include addiction, trauma, grief, depression, eating disorders, anger management, career choice, abuse, phobias, chronic pain, and relationship problems. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Counseling practices include child, individual, group, couples, mental health, rehabilitation, school, and marriage and family counseling.

A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavior health services through interpersonal communications and analysis. Training and education at the specialty level usually requires a master's degree and clinical experience and supervision for licensure or certification.

Social Work

A social worker is a person who is qualified by a Social Work degree, and licensed, certified or registered by the state as a social worker to practice within the scope of that license. A social worker provides assistance and counseling to clients and their families who are dealing with social, emotional and environmental problems. Social work services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups, and the public.

Addiction Medicine Psychiatry & Neurology

Deaconess Cross Pointe is an Addiction Medicine Psychiatry & Neurology practice in Evansville, IN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating physical causes of neurological disorders that co-occur with or contribute to substance addiction. Addiction Medicine Psychiatrists & Neurologists at Deaconess Cross Pointe perform medical diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders that may lead to or worsen substance addiction. Addiction Medicine Psychiatry & Neurology is a medical specialty that deals with mental health disorders that may play a role in or are co-occurring with substance addiction. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Addiction Medicine Psychiatry & Neurology practices include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia, and other disorders that can cause or worsen addiction to alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescription drugs. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Medicine Psychiatry & Neurology practices include conducting patient interviews, creating treatment plans, performing MRI, x-ray, and CT scan neurological imaging, prescribing medication, creating diagnoses of mental health disorders, and referring patients to other medical specialists as needed.

A doctor of osteopathy board eligible/certified in the field of Psychiatry by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry is able to obtain a Certificate of Added Qualifications in the field of Addiction Medicine

Neurology

Deaconess Cross Pointe is a Neurology practice in Evansville, IN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in studying, diagnosing, and treating disorders of the nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Neurologists at Deaconess Cross Pointe perform diagnostic tests and a wide variety of neurological and cognitive treatments for a range of neurological disorders. Neurology is the branch of biology that studies, assesses, and treats the anatomy, functions, and organic disorders of the nervous system. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Neurology practices include coordination problems, muscle weakness, sensation changes, confusion, dizziness, cluster headaches, migraines, seizure disorders like epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscesses, neurodegenerative disorders like Lou Gehrig's disease and Alzheimer's, as well as spinal cord inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Neurology practices include lumbar puncture, tensilon test, EEG, CT scan, MRI scan, PET scan, angiography, and sleep studies for diagnosis, then the presciption of physiotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, pain management, medication and/or lifestyle changes.

A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures.