This division deals with creating access for adults who live in the community. It provides psychiatric care with focus on Diagnosis and Treatment when hospitalization is not needed.

Division Director

Saaid Khojasteh

Saaid Khojasteh

Professor of Psychiatry

Faculty

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John Bilbily

John Bilbily

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Baris Ercal

Baris Ercal

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Bridget Galati

Bridget Galati

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Barry Hong

Barry Hong

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Vasilis Hristidis

Vasilis Hristidis

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Christine Juang

Christine Juang

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Saaid Khojasteh

Saaid Khojasteh

Professor of Psychiatry

Lucas Lebovitz

Lucas Lebovitz

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Michele Pergadia

Michele Pergadia

Professor of Psychiatry

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Current Research Publications

  • Prescribing Trends in Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Medications Among Pregnant and Postpartum PersonsLessard, C., Cary, C., In, A., Steinle, J., Lin, B. Y., Kablinger, A. S., Grucza, R., Bello, J. K., Galati, B. M., Kimmel, M., Bruno, A. M., Kelly, J. & Xu, K., Mar 1 2026, In: Obstetrics and gynecology. 147, 3, p. 290-292 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Trends in the psychedelic renaissance: applying artificial intelligence to measure media portrayal of psychedelic drugs in the 21st centuryBender, D. A., Dunn, H. M., Pekau, A., Mohite, A. D., Anandarajah, A., Ross, B. D., Steinle, J., Shankar, S., Kiley, B., Martin, S., Gonuguntla, R., Stonov, M., Pippala, N., Abdalla, R., Stille, M. K., Yusuf, J., Villalba, M., Werner, G., Divekar, A. & Daniels-Tineo, M. & 14 others, Wang, H., Chertock, S., Sharma, S., Ahmed, S. A., Bandyopadhyay, R., Sridhar, J., Iyer, M., Adeyemi, A., Smart, K., Jalil, U., Alam, Z., Ercal, B. C., Hellerstein, D. J. & Nemeroff, C. B., […]
  • An international adult guideline for making Clozapine titration safer by using six ancestry-based personalized dosing titrations, CRP, and Clozapine levelsde Leon, J., Schoretsanitis, G., Smith, R. L., Molden, E., Solismaa, A., Seppälä, N., Kopeček, M., Švancer, P., Olmos, I., Ricciardi, C., Iglesias-Garcia, C., Iglesias-Alonso, A., Spina, E., Ruan, C. J., Wang, C. Y., Wang, G., Tang, Y. L., Lin, S. K., Lane, H. Y. & Kim, Y. S. & 84 others, Kim, S. H., Rajkumar, A. P., González-Esquivel, D. F., Jung-Cook, H., Baptista, T., Rohde, C., Nielsen, J., Verdoux, H., Quiles, C., Sanz, E. J., De las Cuevas, C., Cohen, […]
  • Psychedelic Therapies: One Drug, Multiple Treatments: Reply to Modesto-Lowe et alBender, D. A., Nayak, S. M., Siegel, J. S., Hellerstein, D. J., Ercal, B. C. & Lenze, E. J., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 86, 4, 25lr15978a.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  • Discontinuation of treatment for alcohol use disorder during pregnancy and postpartum in the United StatesMartin, C. E., Bello, J. K., Galati, B. M., Buss, J. L., Terplan, M., Jones, H. E., Mitchell, K. T., Martins, S. S., Grucza, R. A., Suarez, E. A. & Xu, K. Y., Sep 2025, In: Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. 49, 9, p. 1972-1982 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review