The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah is proud to be an integral part of University of Utah Health. Every day we dedicate ourselves to academic excellence, relevant collaborative research, and compassionate behavioral and mental health care.
We are teachers, researchers, and clinicians. We train future psychiatrists, explore new ideas, map genomes, develop innovative therapies, create new drugs, study spectacular brain images, and pioneer new treatments all with the goal of advancing mental health care to give our patients healthier minds and better lives.
Almost every teen now has an account on at least one social media platform. They use it to reach out to friends, to share experiences, and to tell the world about themselves. However, they also may be making themselves vulnerable. ... Read More
Psychiatry
Organizing around patient needs isn't easy. It involves changing traditional reporting relationships and patterns of care delivery. Over nearly 20 years, UNI’s HOME Program has refined how the team works together to deliver better care for some of our most vulnerable patients. Now the nation is learning from these frontline leaders.... Read More
Psychiatry
It’s a topic many U.S. citizens don’t think about—treating the psychological needs of refugees. The trauma that so many refugees suffer does not go away when they reach their new country. In fact, refugees are faced with many new traumas as they adjust to a new culture. Dr. Omar Reda, a refugee himself, is a psychiatrist specializing in treating refugee trauma. Dr. Reda shares his personal journey as a refugee, the unique traumas that refugees face and how to help ease these tensions.... Read More
Psychiatry
Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, PhD, has agreed to serve as the next Director of the Neuroscience Initiative. ... Read More
Psychiatry
Around 2 million people in the United States are addicted to prescription painkillers, with 52,000 accidental opioid overdose deaths in 2015. According to Mark Ilgen, associate professor of psychiatry at University of Michigan, the problem isn’t the medication itself, but how doctors treat pain. Different approaches to chronic pain management may be the answer to helping reduce opioid addiction.... Read More
Psychiatry
Vincent Koppelmans, PhD, is joining the Department of Psychiatry faculty as a Research Assistant Professor. ... Read More
Psychiatry
For individuals with both addiction and chronic pain, it’s been common practice to treat one before the other, rather than treating both at the same time. Psychologist Dr. Mark Ilgen from the University of Michigan talks about a new approach that combines behavioral therapy and social support to help chronic pain patients manage both their pain and addiction.... Read More
Psychiatry
Jonathan Birnkrant, MD, is joining the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry Division. Dr. Birnkrant will be working in the Child and Adolescent Inpatient areas at University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute beginning early May. ... Read More
Psychiatry
Not every child on the autism spectrum will display the same behaviors. ... Read More
Psychiatry
William H. and Edna Stimson
Presidential Endowed Chair
Professor & Chair, Psychiatry
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, UNI
