News: psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry is excited to announce our incoming residents and fellows from the 2021 Match Day.

Dr. James Ashworth has agreed to become the Executive Vice Chair of our combined UNI-Department entity.

The Department of Psychiatry was well represented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropharmacology (ACNP).

Rachel Weir, MD, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, publishes article aimed at informing non-psychiatric physicians on the health impacts of experiencing childhood adversity.

Dr. Mehmet Oz , Troy Christian Andersen, an associate professor at the University of Utah; Bruce W. Lee, owner of ComForCare of Northern Utah; and Anne Asman, director of advancement...

First responders in our own communities deal with traumatic events that can impact their mental health. Faculty researcher and psychologist, Andrew J. Smith, PhD, founded the Occupational Trauma Program to...

In recent years, the University of Utah School of Medicine has been adding new psychiatric residency slots to help address Utah’s mental health care needs.

Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, held a press conference discussing his bipartisan bill to prevent veteran suicides. The bill studies the connection between living in high-altitudes and rates of suicide. Drs...

Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, held a press conference discussing his bipartisan bill to prevent veteran suicides. The bill studies the connection between living in high-altitudes and rates of suicide. Drs...

Dr. Brent Kious, a psychiatrist, assistant professor and researcher with both University of Utah Health and the school’s Department of Psychiatry, has studied the link between living at high altitude...

For decades, researchers have looked to human genetics for linkages to mental illness. Patterns of inheritance are murky, but it is clear that “stuff runs in families,” says Dr. Douglas...

The Vice President’s Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars Program has published and opened their 2021 VPCAT Cohort Competition Space application. Junior faculty committed to careers in clinical or translational...

The Department of Psychiatry's Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic has been named a grantee in AARP's highly competitive 2020 Community Challenge.

The back-to-school checklist in 2020 appears much different than in previous years amid the coronavirus pandemic but the preparation will help students have a successful school year. Dr. Benjamin Chan...

Faculty researcher, Robert Welsh, PhD, launches study examining how Spanish-speakers get their information on the pandemic and what they know about how to avoid the virus.