Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

We have one of the strongest Medical Student Education programs in the country. 

• The recruitment of our own UofL medical students into careers in psychiatry has averaged twice the national average over the last two decades. 
• Our Clinical Clerkship in Psychiatry is one of the highest rated in the entire School of Medicine.
• Our Residency Program and Fellowships continue maintain a strong recruitment record. 
• Research development over the last eight years has been substantial in the department. 

New and expanded programs:

• Child Psychiatry Training Program
• Women’s Mental Health
• Memory Disorders
• Geropsychiatry
• Anxiety Disorders
• PsychoOncology
• Addictions
• University-wide Center for Autism
• New clinical programs within our service at the Louisville Veterans Administration Medical Center 

In July, 2008 we opened a new 15,000 square foot Faculty Practice Service as part of the Medical School’s new comprehensive, multi-specialty, Faculty Practice.