Babette A. Wise, LCSWC MA| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
About me
Ms. Wise is a psychiatric social worker who is the Director of the Substance Abuse Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry. She speciaizes in working with patients who have substance abuse issues. She also works with family members who are affected by substance abuse. She works with individuals, families and groups. She also works with patients who have dual diagnoses. She supervises Psychiatry residents, teaches residents about substance abuse and organizes panels of recovering substance abusers to speak to medical students. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Depression
- Depression Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Mood Disorders
- Pain Medication Management
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicidal Thought
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agoraphobia
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Depression
- Clinical Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Family Conflict
- Family History Of Specific Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Hallucinations
- Hallucinogen Abuse
- Hypomania
- Hysteria
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Manic Depression
- Memory Disorder
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Neurosis
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobia
- Postpartum Depression
- Problems Related To Primary Support Group
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Sadness
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
Procedures I perform
- Acid-Base Management
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- I-131 Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Pain Medication Management
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Tricare Reserve Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OA Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-POS Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Administrators
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Navigate
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- POS OA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Blue Choice Advantage
Education
Board Certification: Academy of Certified Social Workers, Psychiatry
Graduate: The Catholic University Of America (1981)