Research
The Department of Psychiatry supports major research programs in diverse areas, including:
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Addiction
- Psychotherapy
- Family studies
- Brain imaging
- Molecular, cellular and systems neurobiology
- Genetics
Research within the department falls into two domains:
Basic research, which entails biomedical laboratory studies at the molecular/cellular level or the neural systems/behavioral level.
Clinical research, categorized as clinical neuroscience or intervention and services research.