Department News:
Current PGY-3 psychiatry resident Dr. Mollie Gordon was instrumental in introducing a resolution asking the AMA to encourage institutions to provide house officers with active health insurance upon their first day of employment rather than after 30- to 90-day waiting periods, as some institutions required. The AMA has since worked with the ACGME to revise institutional requirements. ACGME-accredited programs must now provide residents access to health insurance as soon as they begin training, unless restricted by local statute.
Welcome to the Washington University, Department of Psychiatry’s website. The department has been at the forefront of psychiatric care for decades. Members of our faculty were among the first to champion the medical model of psychiatry and view psychiatric dysfunction as an interaction between genes and environment. The department and its faculty continue to be in the vanguard of both the study and treatment of mental illness. In order to prepare for the future, the department also devotes a significant amount of time and effort to the training of the next generation of clinicians and researchers. We provide training at the medical student, residency, fellowship, and pre-, and post-doctoral levels. We invite you to visit our site to learn more about our history, the faculty, and what we do to improve mental health care delivery and the treatment of mental disorders.