Mood Disorders

Mood disorders are disorders that affect a person's everyday emotional state. 

Programs + Services


Mood Disorders Program

The Mood Disorders Program at Tufts MC in Boston provides evaluation and psychopharmacological therapy for depression and bipolar disorder.
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Doctors + Care Team

Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc

Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc

Title(s): Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center; Professor and endowed Chair of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine; and Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-0219
Fax #: 617-636-4852

Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Mood Disorders

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Michael Gill, MD

Title(s): Attending Psychiatrist; Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-268-1700
Fax #: 617-268-1991

Adult psychiatry

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Rachael R. Gorton, MSW, LICSW

Rachael R. Gorton, MSW, LICSW

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Clinical Social Worker
Department(s): Psychiatry, Adult & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5371
Fax #: 617-636-4852

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, trauma disorders, depression, anxiety, OCD, Mood disorders, LGBTQ+ 'issues', and adjustment disorders.

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Annette Hanson, MD, MBA

Annette Hanson, MD, MBA

Title(s): Vice-Chair, Public Sector Psychiatry; Attending Psychiatrist; Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4781
Fax #: 617-636-4852

Adult psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy

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Devon O'Brien, LICSW

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Department(s): Psychiatry, Adult & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5371
Fax #: 617-636-4852

Anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma, school challenges - attendance, social/emotional

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Judith E. Robinson, MD

Judith E. Robinson, MD

Title(s): Medical Director, College Learning and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Program; Attending Psychiatrist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-8762
Fax #: 617-636-4852

ADD, ADHD, adolescent psychiatry, women’s issues, mood disorders, individual psychotherapy and psychopharmacology

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Edward K. Silberman, MD

Edward K. Silberman, MD

Title(s): Attending Psychiatrist; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-0218
Fax #: 617-636-4852

Psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, forensic psychiatry, executive consultant

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Paul Summergrad, MD

Paul Summergrad, MD

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Attending Physician, Tufts Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Psychiatry
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5773
Fax #: 617-636-8442

Medical psychiatry, mood and anxiety disorders, geriatric psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, clinical, organizational, executive and forensic consultations

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