Department of Psychiatry
Pioneering new approaches to neuroscience discovery
The Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine is committed to understanding the symptoms and neurobiological basis of mental illness and advancing psychiatric treatments through extensive involvement in basic and clinical research and patient care. The department is also involved with educating and training future leaders of psychiatry and behavioral science.
Education
The department offers a wide range of educational programs for various levels of learners including medical students, neuroscientists, psychiatry residents, psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows.
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Research
State-of-the-art technologies, including advanced brain imaging, genetic microarrays, stem cell preparations and animal knock out models, are used by the Department of Psychiatry to uncover the mechanisms of brain and behavioral disorders and introduce new treatments.
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Clinical Care
The faculty in this department specialize in psychiatric care of adults or of children and adolescents and practice in in-patient or out-patient settings. Psychiatry faculty provide integrated care within primary care clinics.
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Psychology Internship Tracks
Faculty Spotlight
Julianne M. Giust, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Giust focuses on the interplay between chronic medical illness and psychological well-being of pediatric patients and their families.
Debomoy K. Lahiri, PhD, MSc
Professor of Neurobiology
Lahiri aims to understand how degeneration of brain cells under laboratory conditions can be more closely made to resemble natural neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.
Advancing Neuroscience
“The Department of Psychiatry at IU School of Medicine is focused on training the next generation of leaders in psychiatry, furthering neuroscience discovery, and pioneering new approaches to the translation of these discoveries to the treatment of neurobehavioral disorders.”
—Thomas McAllister, MD, Department of Psychiatry Chair
Graduate Medical Education Programs
The Department of Psychiatry offers residency programs and fellowship training in a wide range of subspecialty areas, including two accredited residency programs for individuals who have completed undergraduate medical education. Residencies include a Psychiatry categorical program as well as a Triple Board residency for those interested in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.