Educating the Next Generation of Mental Health Experts

According to the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana falls far behind the national average for population per provider ratio in psychiatry. In adults, Indiana has about half as many psychiatrists treating patients as the national average. In child and adolescent care, that number is even lower—with a 20,916 to 1 ratio of patients to physicians, versus the national rate of 8,848 to 1.

IU School of Medicine is committed to improving those numbers, with new residencies established in recent years in northwest and southwestern Indiana. With the Mary O’Daniel Stone and Bill Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at IU School of Medicine–Evansville, the school is positioned to continue that effort to bring better mental health services to all Hoosiers.

When students and residents train in communities, they are much more likely to make personal and professional connections. Our efforts through our residency program in southwestern Indiana will be bolstered by the Mary O’Daniel Stone and Bill Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — offering trainees access to world-class researchers and technology.

Steven G. Becker, MD

Associate Dean and Director of IU School of Medicine—Evansville

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MD program in Evansville

Students from the nearby Stone Family Center for Health Sciences at IU School of Medicine—Evansville will engage in research and learning opportunities at the Mary O’Daniel Stone and Bill Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Psychiatry Residency program in Vincennes

Part of the Southwest Indiana Graduate Medical Education Consortium, the Psychiatry Residency program at Vincennes provides a comprehensive broad-based education in clinical psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in a community setting.