Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience is an integral component of The University of Chicago Medicine. It is both a clinical service and training unit within the medical center, and an academic unit within the Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine.
The Department has a long history of distinguished research, integrated with clinical service and mental health training. Current and previous faculty members include prominent psychologists and psychiatrists who have made major research and clinical contributions to behavioral, cognitive, biological, and psychodynamic theories of development and intervention, and their application to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Ongoing areas of research include therapy outcome, developmental psychopathology, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, developmental epidemiology, biological psychiatry, neuroimaging, and the identification and treatment of aggression, eating disorders, and neurodevelopmental concerns.
The Department is comprised of two clinical sections: Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Each section provides a combination of inpatient, outpatient, and specialty programs within the medical center. The Department also houses a research section that comprises faculty across the department, as well as collaborates actively with programs throughout the Biological Sciences Division and the greater University community.