We treat the toughest cases of treatment-resistant mental illness.

Based in Deerfield, Illinois, serving greater Chicago and welcoming individuals from across the country.

Photo of Dr. Steven Best, director of The Neuroscience Center

“My calling is to help you find a path that works!”

Many patients come to The Neuroscience Center after years of suffering, with multiple attempts at treatment and numerous applications of trial-and-error treatments. Some come here as a “last-ditch effort.” Other patients suddenly find themselves in a new and bewildering world, unsure what to do next.

No matter what brought you here, we’re here to help. Through comprehensive evaluation, we work to understand the factors contributing to your symptoms and develop a treatment plan tailored to you—with the goal of helping you find relief and reconnect with the life you want to live.

  • We understand you feel awful.

  • We understand you’ve felt awful for a long time.

  • We know approximately half of psychiatric patients don’t find adequate relief with ordinary treatment paths.

We see you are suffering
Let us help!

– Steve Best, MD

Treatment-Resistant Conditions

When symptoms continue despite previous treatment, it can be difficult to know what to try next. The Neuroscience Center provides comprehensive evaluation and individualized treatment for people experiencing complex or treatment-resistant mental health and neurological conditions.

What We Know:

  • The condition you are experiencing is complex.

  • It is rarely one condition, but a set of co-existing conditions (comorbidity).

  • This comorbidity has been in place for years and influenced the brain in ways that cannot be understood or addressed just by assessing the symptoms.

  • A first step is to evaluate the function of the brain through Brain SPECT imaging and QEEG.

We then combine the brain function assessment with tests of body function and presenting symptoms to create a foundation of understanding about the complexities of your condition. With that understanding, we are able to tailor a treatment plan to your specific, complex suffering.

We Seek To Discover

  • Your personal, unique suffering

  • The course of your condition

  • A comprehensive explanation for your situation

  • What to do about it

We Help You Understand

  • Why you’re ill

  • Why you’ve stayed ill

  • The factors interfering with your recovery

  • How to step toward relief

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What Type of Evaluations Are Available

at The Neuroscience Center?

Standard:

  • Initial meeting  (40-50 min)

  • QEEG

  • SPECT functional brain imaging

  • Pharmacogenomic testing

  • Specialized labs for:

    • Inflammation & Neuroinflammation

    • Vector-borne disease such as post-COVID or post-Lyme

    • Heavy metal toxicity/other poisoning

    • Nutritional status and digestive health

    • BioFeedback & NeuroFeedback

As Needed:

  • Psycho-educational assessments

  • Psychological & Neuropsychological testing

  • fMRI

  • MEG, other electrophysiology

  • CT, Ultrasound & PET

  • Sleep study

Disorders Benefiting from Our Services

  • Treatment-Resistant Conditions (psychiatric, neurobehavioral)

  • Mood & Affective Disorders
    (depression, bipolar disorder, acute suicidality, chronic suicidality)

  • Neuropathic and/or Chronic Pain

  • Consequences of Concussion & More Overt Brain Injuries

  • Non-traumatic Brain Injury
    (including consequences of stroke, substance use, impulse-control & regulatory disorders)

  • Cognitive Impairment (static encephalopathy, progressive dementia)

  • Anxiety Disorders (GAD, social phobia, panic disorder, OCD, PTSD)

  • Developmental Disorders
     (ADD/ADHD, learning disability, autism-spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy)

  • Psychosis (schizophrenia, drug-induced psychosis, etc.)

We Provide these Treatments

Our Treatments:

  • Pharmaceutical management

  • Nature-based management

  • rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) we have treated more patients with rTMS than any other private practice in the USA

  • Combination TMS/ketamine
    we invented and optimized this technique

  • HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen therapy)

  • PSE (perispinal etanercept injections)

  • BioFeedback/NeuroFeedback 
    can be done at home

  • Vagal Nerve Stimulator management

Referrals For:

  • Occupational therapy

  • Physical therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & other behavioral or psychological therapy

  • DBS (deep brain stimulation)

  • Neuro-optometric corrective therapy

  • ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)

  • Experiential therapy & Equine therapy

  • FUS (focused ultrasound surgery)

What is Brain SPECT Functional Imaging?

Brain SPECT visualizes the amount of blood flowing through the various areas of the brain. It enhances our psychiatric assessment because regional blood flow is a reliable indicator of regional brain activity or function. As an example, brain regions that show high or low activity can indicate an imbalance that may be effectively targeted through our treatments.

These functional changes appear long before the structural changes that can be seen on routine structural MRI or CT and provide valuable insights about the global condition of the brain.

We use SPECT to visualize changes in function, ultimately guiding us towards an effective treatment plan.

Brain SPECT Imaging Examples

Brain scans showing various images of brain activity and structure, including heat map images and 3D models of the brain.

Patient 1 has a hyper-perfused brain which needs to be calmed.

Brain scan images showing different views and analyses, including sagittal, transverte, lateral, and underside perspectives with color-coded activity levels.

Patient 2 has an under-perfused brain which needs to be stimulated.

We see you are suffering
Let us help!

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