Meet HMHI’s Incoming Child Psychiatry Fellows
HMHI announces the 2022 match results for the Department of Psychiatry's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. The new fellows begin training on July 1, 2022.... Read More
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The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah is proud to be an integral part of Huntsman Mental Health Institute (formerly University Neuropsychiatric Institute) and 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.
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Rethinking Research to Improve Bipolar Disorder Outcomes
On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Radically Rethinking Research to Improve Outcomes: A Bipolar Learning Healthcare Network Initiative."... Read More
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Early Life Stress, Hormonal Changes, and Mood Disorders presented by C. Neill Epperson, MD
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, C. Neill Epperson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Colorado School of Medicine, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Enduring Impact of Childhood Adversity: Observations at Reproductive Transitions."... Read More
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2021 Year in Review
It was another remarkable year for U of U Health! Highlights from 2021 demonstrate the impact our care providers, faculty, staff, and students are making on individual and community health. ... Read More
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,Population Health Sciences,Human Genetics,Orthopaedics,Biomedical Informatics,Obstetrics and Gynecology,Biochemistry,Psychiatry,Pediatrics,Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
Eliminating Mental Health Stigma, Our Grand Challenge
Huntsman Mental Health Institute, together with organizations and individuals from across the nation, launches a "Grand Challenge” to eliminate mental health stigma forever. Please join us in this fight. Together, we can create greater healing and hope. ... Read More
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Sleep Health and Depression in Youth, presented by Lauren Asarnow, PhD
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Lauren Asarnow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Evening Circadian Preference and Depression Among Adolescents."... Read More
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Patricia Aguayo, MD, MPH, selected as expert panelist for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop
HMHI Assistant Professor Patricia Aguayo, MD, MPH, will be an expert panelist for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) workshop in December 2021.... Read More
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Innovations in Advancing Behavioral Health Care, presented by Anita Everett, MD, DFAPA
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Anita Everett, MD, DFAPA, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Federal Innovations in Advancing Behavioral Health Care."... Read More
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America's Youth are Facing a Mental Health Crisis. The Time to Act Is Now.
A recent joint statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children's Hospital Association drove home the severity and scale of what we are now facing. The overarching message is clear: we are in a record, mental health pandemic. ... Read More
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Mark H. Rapaport, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
CEO, Huntsman Mental Health Institute
