The Yale Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to providing the highest quality education in the field of Psychiatry; to providing leaders and leadership for the field; acquiring and disseminating new scientific knowledge pertinent to the causes and treatments of severe neuropsychiatric disorders and to serving as a model of exemplary mental health care for students and society.

The mission of the Yale Department of Psychiatry is grounded in the pioneering vision of its former Chairman (and subsequent Dean of the Yale School of Medicine) Dr. Fredrick "Fritz" C. Redlich. His vision was a research-based, academic department geared towards discovery and the dissemination of new knowledge to its students. Unique in its composition, his vision did not focus on one particular field, as was the custom at that time, but on the integration of the latest advances in basic science, psychology, the social sciences, and psychoanalysis for the purpose of discovering the causes of mental illness and the development of new treatments.

The resultant breadth of expertise created by this vision has been carefully protected and nurtured by subsequent chairpersons. Today, the diversity of this department and the depth of its resources are enormous. Its faculty are at the forefront of the current understanding of the workings of the mind and brain.

The Yale Department of Psychiatry's teaching and research efforts further advance the body of knowledge in neurochemistry, genetics, psychopharmacology and brain imaging, as well as in social and behavioral therapies. Its teaching, research and clinical programs span across four geographically distinct clinical settings (The Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale Psychiatric Institute, the Psychiatry Service at the West Haven Campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and, the Psychiatry Service at Yale New Haven Hospital in a wide variety of areas including substance abuse, schizophrenia, health care delivery systems research, molecular psychiatry and many more. In each of these areas there is a critical mass of investigators who, although sometimes geographically separated, work as a team along with clinicians to address the challenges provided by these diverse disease areas. Our clinical services are enhanced by our research efforts. Known for their close alliance to our research staff, our clinical components are at the forefront of treatment both pharmacological and social.

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