Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates: Pittsburgh. Anxiety Treatment, Depression Treatment, Bipolar & ADHD Medication Management. Local Mental Health & Psychiatric Resources.
This site offers in-office and Telehealth Psychiatric appointments for Children, Adolescents and Adults struggling with Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, other Mood Disorders, ADHD and Substance Use Disorders. A full list of treatments and services can be found on our Services page.
Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates is a private psychiatry practice of 25 psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychologists who are academically oriented and who trained at institutions such as The University of Pennsylvania, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Unlike these institutions, we can generally see patients within 2-3 weeks. Several of our providers actually teach, or have taught at these institutions. We provide the same quality care, but without the wait.
301 Grant St, STE 270, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 / (878) 999-8390
Scroll down for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County local Psychiatric Resources including Crisis Services, Local Student Mental Health Information and others. See our “Resources” tab for national suicide prevention and domestic abuse hotlines and other national resources.
Our Pittsburgh office is located conveniently in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Central Business District, between Forbes Avenue, Grant Street and the Boulevard of the Allies (at the Corner of 3rd Ave and Grant). One Oxford Center houses many different types of businesses (from attorneys to accountants to dentists) and this provides a discreet feel for patients. The office is handicap accessible and has a restroom on site. It is convenient from public transport and parking is available as well.
When arriving for your appointment, take the elevators ACROSS from the security desk on the 1st floor (the ones that you do NOT need to check in with security to get to), to the 2nd floor. Enter “Spaces” and let them know that you have an appointment with Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates. You can have a seat, and your provider will greet you within 5-10 minutes of your appointment time.
Our Pittsburgh location offers Child, Adolescent & Adult outpatient psychiatry. Conditions treated at our Pittsburgh office by our Psychiatrists and other mental health providers include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and ADHD. We additionally have specialists in Women’s Mental Health and providers with focuses on Student Mental health and LGBTQIA+ care.
For a list of psychiatric services and conditions treated, click here.
Pittsburgh, PA and Allegheny County Local Mental Health & Psychiatric Resources
Crisis Situations: Dial 911 or 988
For urgent issues:
Resolve Crisis Services in Pittsburgh, PA is a 24-hour, 365-day crisis service that’s free to all Allegheny County residents. 1-888-796-8226.
University of Pittsburgh – Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES): 412-624-1000.
If any of these numbers do not work, call 911 or go to your nearest ER.
Student Mental Health Resources: Pittsburgh
Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates has several providers with a focus specifically on College and Graduate Student Mental Health services and treatment. In addition to the emergence or worsening of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric disorders that can happen among individuals in their late teens and early twenties, the transition to school, academic and career decision stress, gender and orientation navigation and other challenges, can be very difficult to manage. We believe that having a diverse group of academically oriented providers, who understand these challenges, helps our providers to deliver empathic and quality psychiatric care to college and graduate students in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
While we do treat many students living in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, we have included links below, to several Student Counseling Centers of local colleges and universities. We believe that this information may be helpful to individuals looking to utilize the resources provided by their institutions.
Carlow University Counseling Services. Click here.
Chatham University Counseling Services. Click here.
Community College of Allegheny County Counseling Services. Click here.
Carnegie Mellon University Counseling & Psychological Services (CaPS). Click here.
Duquesne University Counseling Services. Click here.
La Roche University Counseling & Health Services. Click here.
Point Park University Counseling Center. Click here.
Robert Morris University Counseling Center. Click here.
University of Pittsburgh – Student Affairs Counseling Center. Click here.
Insurance Accepting Psychiatric Outpatient Treatment in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas
If for whatever reason, you believe that we are not the right fit for your unique difficulties. See below for local mental health treatment centers that may.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPCC) – (888) 969 – 4610
General Information about Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates Pittsburgh, and its History:
Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates is excited to now have an office in Pittsburgh, PA. Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates offers in-office and virtual psychiatric appointments at our various offices throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Our team of 25+ Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and Psychotherapists are licensed throughout Pennsylvania (PA) and are able to provide tele-health psychiatry to Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, and all Pennsylvania residents – in addition to in-office psychiatric appointments. We treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and substance use disorders (such as alcohol and opiate use disorders). See each our “conditions treated” tab for specific information on each specific psychiatric difficulty.
Practice History
Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates is a private practice of Psychiatry that was founded in 2012 by Dr. Chris Pagnani, after he completed his training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital for their Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Since 2012, Dr. Pagnani has served as an Instructor at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has also focused his attention on private practice Psychiatry (originally in the Philadelphia area). The practice’s mission is to provide quality psychiatric care, by extremely well trained and qualified providers, who are academically oriented, practice holistic and evidenced-based psychiatric treatment, and are conscientious about the prescription of psychiatric medication. Many of our providers currently teach, or have taught, at The University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins Hospital or similar institutions.
Dr. Pagnani noticed during the Covid-19 pandemic, that large companies (in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and throughout the US) were offering telemedicine psychiatric appointments at a rapidly growing pace, but he was (and still is) very concerned about the manner in which many of them choose to do so. For example, he saw advertisements for “short evaluations,” “5 minute on-line surveys,” and even “subscription plans” for psychiatric medications. Psychiatry is extremely complex, and we do not believe that a thorough psychiatric evaluation can be completed in less than an hour (let alone via a “check the boxes” on-line survey).
Psychiatry is not one-size-fits all, and it is a mental health provider’s job, to deliver thoughtful, thorough and conscientious care, with the goal of always acting in the patient’s best medical interest. All this to say, that we are expanding our psychiatric services to Pittsburgh, Allegheny county and throughout PA, so that we can deliver this type of thorough, thoughtful and conscientious care to its residents, when treating their anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD or other psychiatric difficulties.
Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates, Additional Information
We are a fee-for-service psychiatric practice, and do not accept insurance directly. We will provide patients with a receipt for their visits, as many individuals can obtain reimbursement for a percentage of our services, through their insurance company. Patients can call the member services on the back of their insurance card, and ask about out-of-network behavioral health reimbursements. They can also call our office to discuss.
We treat moderate severities of psychiatric illness. As we offer Telehealth services, we are unable to offer
appointments to individuals with a history of recent psychosis, recent (or multiple) inpatient psychiatric admissions or suicide attempts – as for safety reasons those individuals may benefit from providers with hospital admitting privileges, consistent in-office visits and 24-7 emergency coverage.
To schedule an appointment:
Scheduling@rittenhousePA.com
(878) 999-8390
