Department Chair: Eric Lenze, MD, Wallace and Lucille Renard Professor

The Department of Psychiatry has been at the forefront of psychiatric care for decades. Members of the department were among the first to champion the medical model of psychiatry, which views psychiatric dysfunction as an interaction between genes and environment.

The department and its faculty continue to be in the vanguard of both research and patient care. Our collaborative, interdisciplinary approach fosters an exchange of ideas that increases our understanding of nervous system function and ultimately improves the treatment of mental disorders — including depression, anxiety, personality disorders, schizophrenia, delirium, dementia, Tourette syndrome, movement disorders, substance abuse disorders, attention deficit disorder, obsessive compulsive disorders, and eating disorders.

In order to prepare for the future, the department also devotes a significant amount of time and effort to the training of the next generation of clinicians and researchers.

Timeline for the Department of Psychiatry.

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Psychiatry Faculty Publications

Samuel B. Guze Symposium on Alcoholism