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Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry Research

The Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine is advancing research to uncover brain and behavioral disorder mechanisms and introduce new treatments. The department is continually making new discoveries in psychiatric and psychological disorders, including child and adolescent disorders; schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; alcohol and substance use disorders; and mood and anxiety disorders.

In collaboration with researchers at the Richard L. Roudebush Indianapolis VA Medical Center, the Department of Psychiatry is committed to the improvement of precision medicine in psychiatry through the development and improvement of diagnostics and therapies for psychiatric and related disorders. In addition, subject-matter experts conduct novel behavioral and lifestyle interventions for those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and cognitive aging.

Using state-of-the-art technologies, including advanced brain imaging, genetic microarrays, stem cell preparations and animal knock out models, psychiatry faculty are advancing biomedical discoveries.

Exploring Developmental Disabilities Through Lived Experiences (DDLE) Survey and Interview

Help inform the needs of the developmental disabilities community in the state of Indiana through your participation!

Interviews will be conducted through Zoom calls and will last approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Information shared during interviews will be presented in a summarized manner to protect the confidentiality of those involved. Further information regarding confidentiality and interview content can be shared upon request. Please contact HANDS in Autism® via email or call (317) 274-2697 and indicate you would like to participate.

Traumatic Brain Injury Scan

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Department of Psychiatry has an active program of research in the neuropsychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI). In collaboration with faculty from the departments of neurology, neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and radiology and imaging sciences as well as the Indiana Center for Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry faculty are studying the neurobiology of traumatic brain injury and the role it plays in contributing to psychiatric disorders.

Child and Adolescent Disorders

Researchers are investigating disorders such as Autism-Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, addictions, mood disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, and language and learning disorders.

Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Investigators are developing and testing novel interventions and rehabilitative services to enhance recover and psychosocial functioning through studies of meta-cognition in adults with severe mental illness.

Substance Use Disorders

Studies are aimed at determining brain mechanisms involved in alcohol and nicotine abuse and their co-abuse during adulthood as well as the long-term consequences of their use and co-use during adolescence.

Autism Fellowship Clinical Experience

Mood Disorders

Department laboratories have developed complex models of anxiety disorders and have identified critical brain proteins that are involved in the mediation of behavioral responses to stress.

Racial Justice

Racial Justice

Researchers are exploring the impact of discriminatory law enforcement exposure and childhood trauma on health and quality of life in Black adults in primary care settings.

a person looking at a brain scan on a computer screen

Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia and Cognitive Aging

Investigators within the department are conducting novel behavioral and lifestyle interventions to improve brain health in older adults with memory complaints.