The 20 Best Major Depression Doctors Near Me in Catonsville, MD

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Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 342 doctor with experience in Major Depression near Catonsville, MD. Of these, 250 are Experienced, 76 are Advanced, 12 are Distinguished and 1 are Elite.

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    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Distinguished in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Potash returned to Johns Hopkins as Director of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief in 2017. Prior to that he was Chair and Department Executive Officer of the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry from 2011-17. Dr. Potash graduated in 1984 from Yale College, where he majored in English. Following graduation, he served in the Peace Corps in the West African country of Senegal, and there decided to become a physician. He completed his master’s degree in public health at Johns Hopkins, focusing on epidemiology and international health. He then went on to medical school at Hopkins, medical internship at Hopkins Bayview, and a year working as a general practitioner in another West African country, Benin. He returned to do his psychiatric residency at Hopkins and served as chief resident in 1997-98. He then joined Dr. Ray DePaulo’s mood disorders program, and eventually became the program’s research director before moving to Iowa. Dr. Potash’s work has focused on investigation of the genetic and epigenetic basis of mood disorders—depression and bipolar disorder. These efforts have resulted in over 170 publications and consistent NIH funding. He has been particularly interested in the genetic basis of the psychotic forms of bipolar disorder, and in the epigenetic mechanisms through which stress plays a role in depression. Dr. Potash co-leads the Bipolar Sequencing Consortium, and is a member of the Council on Research for the American Psychiatric Association. He serves as Treasurer for the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics, and he has played a leading role in the National Network of Depression Centers. In addition to his research endeavors, Dr. Potash is also an active clinician who sees mood disorders patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Potash is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Potash is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Distinguished in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Irving Reti, MBBS is a research psychiatrist at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr Reti heralds from Sydney, Australia where he completed medical school at the University of Sydney before coming to Johns Hopkins for psychiatry residency. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience, he established his own laboratory which is focused on the field of brain stimulation. He is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and is Director of The Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Service at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He founded The Brain Stimulation Program at Johns Hopkins in 2008 which has an active preclinical and clinical research program as well as offering specialty consultation and treatment with brain stimulation treatment modalities including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Clinical research focuses on TMS and its application in diverse populations including patients with traumatic brain injury. Dr Reti also directs a laboratory investigating aspects of synaptic plasticity related to brain stimulation and motivated behavior. He is interested in learning more about how ECT works and is conducting studies implicating the immediate early gene Narp in mediating the antidepressant behavioral effects of electroconvulsive seizures in mice. His other major focus is developing alternate treatments to maintenance ECT, such as deep brain stimulation, for autistic patients he has treated with severe self-injury who remain dependent on ECT to suppress this behavior. Dr. Reti is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Deep Brain Stimulation, and Rhizotomy. Dr. Reti is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Distinguished in Major Depression

    Aspen Mobile Treatment

    1634 Sulphur Spring Rd, 
    Halethorpe, MD 
     (3.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jeffrey Lafferman is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Halethorpe, Maryland. Dr. Lafferman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry
    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry

    Grace Medical Center

    2000 W Baltimore St, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    David Hauser is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hauser is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Schizophrenia, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Hawthorne Office Park

    10810 Hickory Ridge Road, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (9.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Gujarati , Hindi
    Offers Telehealth

    Sushma Jani is a Psychiatrist and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Jani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Dr. Jani is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Elite in Major Depression
    Elite in Major Depression

    Office

    6501 N Charles St Ste A319, 
    Towson, MD 
     (10.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Scott Aaronson is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Aaronson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 131, Meyer 131, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (6.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    "O. Joseph (""Joe"") Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D. is the Judy Yin Shih, PhD Professor in Anxiety Disorders at Johns Hopkins. He completed his psychiatric training at Johns Hopkins in 1996, having served as chief resident in his final year. Dr. Bienvenu joined the faculty full-time in 1999 after completing a research fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology and a doctorate through the Johns Hopkins Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. His current area of particular research interest is psychiatric morbidity in critical illness survivors, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder and related conditions. Dr. Bienvenu directs the academic program for resident education in anxiety disorders, which includes the John and Mary McGlasson Anxiety Disorders Clinic, as well as the psychiatric Residents' Outpatient Continuity Clinic, and the inpatient Consultation-Liaison services at Johns Hopkins Hospital.". Dr. Bienvenu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Delirium, and Major Depression. Dr. Bienvenu is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    1800 Orleans Street, Osler 320, Osler 320, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (6.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Bernadette Cullen is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Cullen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Major Depression.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Glenn Jordan Treisman is the Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Director of the AIDS Psychiatry Service, The Pain Treatment Program, and his most-recent effort as co-director of the Amos Center, a program that studies atypical GI disorders and the relationship between food, the nervous system of the GI tract, the microbiome, and disease. The Pain treatment Program provides care for chronic pain syndromes and is a national referral resource for patients with intractable pain. Dr. Treisman is internationally known for his engaging presentations, his efforts to promote the integration of psychiatry and medicine, and his vigorous commitment to the betterment of patient care for underserved populations. He is best known for his groundbreaking work in the field of HIV, where he has been described as “the father of AIDS psychiatry.” He is involved in the care of psychiatrically ill HIV infected patients and has been since early in the epidemic. He described and has raised awareness of the role of mental illness as a driving force in the HIV epidemic as well as a barrier to effective care. He is the author of The Psychiatry of AIDS, the first comprehensive textbook on the subject, as well as numerous articles on the issues of mental health in the HIV clinic. As part of a lifelong commitment to education, Dr. Treisman directed the residency program in Psychiatry for nine years, and has delivered lectures at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in courses on Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Pharmacology Clinical Skills, and the Physician in Society course, as well as lectures in the School of Public Heath, the School of Nursing, and in numerous departments. He is considered to be an outstanding teacher and has received the Chairman’s Award for Teaching from the Department of Medicine. His lectures on psychiatry and medical ethics have earned him international invitations and eponymous lectures including the prestigious Mapother Lecture in London and Findling Lecture at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. John G Bartlett has referred to his lecture on DNR orders and medical ethics as “the Gettysburg Address of medicine,” and The American College of Physicians recognized his work with the presentation of the William C. Menninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Mental Health. Dr. Treisman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). Dr. Treisman is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Distinguished in Major Depression

    Johns Hopkins University

    600 N Wolf St, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Portuguese
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Fernando Goes, the Director of our Stanley and Elizabeth Star Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders, is a psychiatrist focused on the study and treatment of severe mood disorders. As a disease-oriented clinician-scientist, his goal in leading the center is to better understand the causes, course, and treatment of severe mood disorders to facilitate the development of better treatments and implement improvements in patient care. His current research project encompasses genomic studies of mood disorders diverse populations, clinical trials of new medications, and the clinical utility of novel wearables technology to better track mood, sleep and activity. Dr. Goes directs the Bayview Mood Disorders Clinic, where he cares for patients with bipolar disorders and sees patients for consultations at the East Baltimore campus. Dr. Goes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Schizophrenia. Dr. Goes is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics
    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics

    Johns Hopkins University

    600 N Wolf St, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Susan Lehmann is a Psychiatrist and a Geriatrics provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Lehmann is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Schizoaffective Disorder. Dr. Lehmann is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics
    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics

    Johns Hopkins University

    1800 Orleans St, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Igbo
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Onyike is a specialist in neuropsychiatry. He focuses on the diagnosis and care of neurodegenerative diseases that develop in midlife or earlier. These include frontotemporal dementias, young-onset Alzheimer diseases, prion diseases, leukodystrophy and other atypical conditions that cause cognitive and behavioral impairments and dementia. He is also engaged in research focused on the epidemiology and treatment of frontotemporal dementias, Alzheimer disease, Lewy body disease, spinocerebellar ataxias, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Onyike has advised national and international research agencies, and philanthropic organizations, including the NIH, FDA, MRC-UK, and others. He is chair-elect of the Medical Advisory Council of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the FTD Disorders Registry, the Tau Consortium, and the International Society for Neurodegenerative Diseases. He serves on the Alzheimer’s Association Best Clinical Practices Guidelines Work Group, and has participated in NIA/NINDS Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias workshop committees. He is a founding member of the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias, and a member of the Executive Committee. Dr. Onyike is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Vascular Dementia.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    550 North Broadway, Suite 308, Suite 308, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (9.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Before joining the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Johns Hopkins in 1996 I majored in intellectual history at University of Pennsylvania, completed medical school at University of California, San Diego, and did my psychiatry training and fellowship at Johns Hopkins. My main clinical interest is in the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex and treatment refractory depression and manic depressive illness. My major non-clinical interest is medical student teaching. I developed and run the first year course Brain Mind Behavior, which introduces students to psychiatry and behavioral science. Based on my experience as an educator and clinician, I have written and published two books: Trouble in Mind: An Unorthodox Introduction to Psychiatry (2011), and Still Down: What to Do When Antidepressants Fail (2016). Dr. Mackinnon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Dr. Mackinnon is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics
    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics

    Johns Hopkins University

    5300 Alpha Commons Dr, Fl 1, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (9.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Milap Nowrangi, M.D., MS, is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Nowrangi specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of age-related cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. He also is interested in the treatment or management of behavioral and cognitive sequelae of neurological diseases, including those caused by traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy or toxic exposures. Dr. Nowrangi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID). Dr. Nowrangi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics
    Distinguished in Major Depression
    Psychiatry | Geriatrics

    Johns Hopkins University

    10755 Falls Rd, 
    Lutherville, MD 
     (10.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Cynthia Fields is a Psychiatrist and a Geriatrics provider practicing medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Fields is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Alzheimer's Disease, and Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Dr. Fields is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry
    Advanced in Major Depression
    Psychiatry

    Spring Grove Hospital Center

    55 Wade Ave, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (0.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kevin Laser is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Laser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Vascular Dementia.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression
    900 S Caton Ave, Mailbox 081, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (3.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi
    Accepting New Patients

    Hardik Yadav is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Yadav is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Dr. Yadav is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    Tuerk House Inc

    4100 College Ave, 
    Ellicott City, MD 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Sandra Onyeagoro is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Onyeagoro is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Schizoaffective Disorder.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Advanced in Major Depression

    Office

    2000 W Baltimore St Fl 5, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (4.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Chideha Ohuoha is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ohuoha is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Schizoaffective Disorder.

    Advanced in Major Depression
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Advanced in Major Depression
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Grace Medical Center

    2000 W Baltimore St, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Shanta Powell is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Powell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Major Depression. She is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Schizoaffective Disorder.

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    Last Updated: 04/28/2026

    What is the definition of Major Depression?

    Depression is feeling sad, blue, unhappy, or down in the dumps. Most people feel this way once in a while.

    Major depression is a mood disorder. It occurs when feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration get in the way of your life over a long period of time. It also changes how your body works.

    What are the different types of depression? 

    It’s normal to feel depressed or experience moments of sadness sometimes. But when someone is diagnosed with major depression, it means they’ve been experiencing very strong and long-lasting feelings of sadness for most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.  

    Other types of depression and conditions that can have similar symptoms include: 

    • Bipolar disorder includes periods of depression and periods of very high energy and mood (mania) 
    • Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) is long-lasting depression with less severe symptoms than major depressive disorder 
    • Psychotic depression is depression with severe symptoms like seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations) or believing things that aren’t true (delusions) 

    What kind of doctor is best for major depression? 

    Psychiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in mental health and can prescribe medications. Other helpful professionals include psychologists, therapists, and counselors who provide talk therapy to help people manage their feelings.  

    What are the symptoms of major depression? 

    Symptoms of major depression can vary from person to person, range from mild to severe, and last from a short period to a very long time. This includes:  

    • Feeling very sad, anxious, or empty all the time 
    • Feeling hopeless or negative about the future 
    • Being easily irritated or frustrated 
    • Feeling guilty or worthless 
    • Losing interest in activities once enjoyed 
    • Feeling very tired and having no energy 
    • Having trouble concentrating or making decisions 
    • Having trouble sleeping or sleeping too much 

    Can a person recover from major depression? 

    Major depression is one of the most common and most treatable mental health conditions. However, it doesn’t always feel this way to the person experiencing symptoms. It’s normal to have feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, or worthlessness when depressed. Fortunately, people with major depression can find relief from symptoms with the right treatment plan. This can include medications, therapy, or a combination of both.   

    Is major depression a disability? 

    The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) recognizes major depression as a disability, although not everyone living with the condition qualifies for disability protection. Depression is considered a disability when it affects a person’s ability to work, go to school, interact with others, and do everyday activities.   

    How do I support someone with major depression? 

    You can support someone with major depression by: 

    • Encouraging them to seek help from a doctor or therapist 
    • Listening to them and showing that you care 
    • Being patient and understanding 
    • Helping them with daily tasks if they need it 
    • Encouraging them to stay active and do things they enjoy 

    When should I see a Major Depression doctor near Catonsville, MD?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Major Depression doctor near Catonsville, MD?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Major Depression doctors near Catonsville, MD?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Major Depression doctors near Catonsville, MD?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Major Depression doctor near Catonsville, MD?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Major Depression doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Major Depression doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Major Depression doctor near Catonsville, MD?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Major Depression doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Major Depression doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Major Depression doctors near Catonsville, MD?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Major Depression doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Major Depression doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Major Depression doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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