Unmatched Psychiatry Expertise
With our large, unmatched faculty, the Department
of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center benefits from expertise in
nearly all areas pertinent to modern psychiatric practice, ranging from
psychoanalysis to neurobiology to psychiatric epidemiology. This expertise includes
areas rarely found in psychiatry departments, such as medical ethics, health
economics, family systems studies, psychotherapy research, neurogenesis, and
psychoneuroendocrinology.
This breadth of experience and expertise is the foundation
for our three-part goal of providing excellence in clinical care, conducting
groundbreaking translational research, and training tomorrow’s leading
psychiatry practitioners.
Meet the Team
Our large and diverse faculty has expertise in virtually all
areas of psychiatry.
Meet
our team.
Research
Perhaps the most exciting arena in psychiatry is in the
translational research between the basic sciences and the clinical domains. Our
department's work in the neuroendocrinology of mood, brain imaging of addictive
disorders, the neurobiology of sleep and appetite, and the cognitive
neuroscience of stress produces a picture of disorders and treatments that
spans psychiatry's disparate domains. Additionally, our Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care is a nationally recognized center of excellence in the research and treatment of mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder.
Learn more about our research.
Education
Our educational programs give medical students, residents,
fellows, and clinical psychology students the opportunity to participate in
patient care in an array of settings that reflect all the economic, racial, and
ethnic diversity of Dallas, as well as the full range of psychiatric diagnoses.
The department's Research Track for psychiatry residents is supported
by four National Institutes of Health grants.
Learn more about educational
opportunities.
Patient Care
The department's outstanding patient care is carried out in
diverse hospital and clinical settings, including UT Southwestern
University Hospitals, Parkland
Hospital, Dallas Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Children's
Medical Center, Presbyterian
Hospital Dallas, and Terrell
State Hospital. Outpatient and specialty clinics extend our services into
the community. We also collaborate with several local community agencies to
provide care for the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Learn more about our patient
care expertise.
