Advanced psychiatric care for depression, treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, ADHD, and related disorders, with particular expertise in advanced treatments for depression, including TMS and Spravato®.
– Himanshu Upadhyaya, MD,
Lauren Marangell, MD, & Rayan Al Jurdi, MD
Our physicians combine decades of psychiatric experience with some of today’s most advanced treatment options, including TMS and Spravato®️, to provide highly individualized care for even complex and treatment-resistant depression.
Our physicians combine decades of psychiatric experience with some of today’s most advanced treatment options, including TMS and Spravato®️, to provide highly individualized care for even complex and treatment-resistant depression.
Many patients come to Brain Health Consultants after medications, therapy or previous treatments approaches haven’t provide the relief they hoped for.
Our goal is not only to treat a condition, but also to restore and maintain brain health.
Our experts proudly serve the River Oaks, Tanglewood, and Greater Houston communities.
We are a great fit for people who want to invest the time and resources to get their treatment right the first time or for those that are frustrated that other treatments have not worked.
Our experts facilitate patient education and offer options based on the latest research and medical evidence. Your treatment plan will always be individualized around your areas of need.
TMS therapy is a safe and effective outpatient treatment that is FDA approved for depression and under active study in many brain disorders, including anxiety disorders, Parkinson’s disease, tinnitus and Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment uses a highly focused, pulsed magnetic field, similar in type and strength to those produced by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, but in a way that can stimulate the brain circuits involved in mood, or other disorders.
We can do more than one treatment in a day to consolidate the treatment course. For example, 36 treatments, or more, can be administered in as short as a week. Many of our patients choose to break the session up over two weeks.
Several studies have shown that Spravato/esketamine can dramatically help many people with treatment-resistant depression, often in hours or days. As of March, 2019, our office has given over 1,000 nasal spray treatments of ketamine or esketamine with patients still on treatment for 3 years who come in for treatment monthly. Our experience is unparalleled.
Ketamine is life-saving for people with severe depression who do not respond to other depression treatments. We founded Brain Health Consultants in order to offer state of the art care in a private and discreet setting. In addition to more routine treatment, like standard antidepressants and therapy, we are able to offer several breakthrough treatments for patients whose depression has not responded to other therapies.
Psychopharmacology is the use of medicine to treat psychiatric disorders. Most medications are administered orally on a daily basis. Our doctors are experts in how to best use medication and have taught many others doctors in this area; they literally “wrote the book”. If needed, we use genetic testing to understand why one medication might be better tolerated or more effective for you, but this is not always necessary.
Psychotherapy is sometimes called “talk therapy” because the time is spent talking with a trained professional. It is often used in combination with medication, but is also used alone to treat depression, anxiety and other disorders, or to help with life problems. It is different than talking to a friend because a Clinical Psychologist is trained to help you see patterns in your reactions that are causing difficulties and to work with you to develop better coping skills to handle these issues when they come up in the future.
Our expertise is in understanding the complexity of mood disorders and providing comprehensive patient-focused diagnosis and treatment recommendations that are backed by evidence-based research and science.
We value spending the right amount of time with each person and not seeing as many people as possible. We deliver personalized care, because it matters.
Dr. Himanshu Upadhyaya is board certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addiction Psychiatry, and brings more than 28 years of experience in the field, along with an extensive background in clinical research and psychopharmacology. His approach combines evidence-based treatment with thoughtful, individualized care for children, teens, adults, and families.
Dr. Lauren Marangell is recognized internationally as an expert in depression and treatment-resistant depression. A board-certified psychiatrist, she has appeared on Good Morning America, the Today Show, and CNN Business. A dedicated clinician, she has been serially awarded “Houston Top Doctors".
With Holly's extensive experience with depression, she helps facilitate patients with up-to-date research and education, clinical evaluations, rTMS treatment, and more. She is a knowledgeable and compassionate person and is often the first contact when you call into the Brain Health Consultants and TMS Center.
Dr. Brissett is the director of psychological services at BHC. With over 15 years of experience providing clinical services to individuals, couples, and families in a multitude of inpatient and outpatient settings, her clinical focus includes the use of cognitive behavioral techniques to treat depression and anxiety disorders.
Kay is a skilled and empathetic counselor for both adults and couples. Kay is the author of two books: GRACE: A Model for Grieving and GRACE: A Model for Grieving Workbook. Her areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, grief, spiritual issues, and relationship problems. Kay's therapeutic approach is to provide support and feedback to help people effectively address personal life challenges.
We trained Neesa to be a research coordinator and TMS assistant working with Holly Lee, areas where she also excels with an attention to detail. Neesa has also taken a lead role in assisting patients from scheduling their MRI scans to administering in office treatments under the supervision of Drs. Marangell and Al Jurdi.
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