Referring Providers
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Department of Psychiatry
About the Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) offers comprehensive behavioral health services to patients from early adults to seniors. We strive to create new knowledge about the causes of these illnesses and to develop more effective treatments through breakthrough research.
Our faculty of more than 200 is involved in a broad array of clinical, research and teaching activities, and provides care throughout the region for diverse populations. In addition, we sponsor training programs including a world-class residency in psychiatry, internship in clinical psychology, and fellowships in neuropsychology and consultation-liaison psychiatry, investing in the advancement of our field into future generations.
History
BIDMC’s Department of Psychiatry is the product of a merger of three separate Harvard Departments of Psychiatry with rich and complementary histories and orientations.
In 1996, the Department at Beth Israel Hospital, grounded in deep traditions in both psychosomatic and psychodynamic psychiatry in the tertiary care setting for over fifty years, and the department at Deaconess Hospital with a more biologic and public psychiatry focus, merged to form the BIDMC Department of Psychiatry.
In 2005, the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC) joined the BIDMC Department, bringing its hundred-year tradition and unparalleled international reputation in both research and psychiatric education, coupled with its unique coordination of public, private and academic resources to treat patients with major mental illness and severe psychosocial disadvantage.
Services
Our specialists provide easy access to high-quality, patient-focused, evidence-based care. We are committed to respect and service for all for each individual who receives care here.
Education & Training
We are committed to developing the next generation of psychiatric specialists. We offer numerous education and training programs that enable medical students and qualified physicians to provide advanced, compassionate psychiatric care to their patients.
Research & Clinical Trials
Our research professionals are at the forefront of discoveries in behavioral and mental health. By driving research advances in these critical areas of medicine, our research teams play a central role developing the safest, most effective treatment options available.
Psychiatry Research
Our Department of Psychiatry conducts clinical research to develop an understanding of major psychiatric disorders and approaches to treatment.
Sleep & Cognition Research
The Center for Sleep & Cognition is devoted to research into the cognitive and emotional functions of sleep and dreaming.
Transplant Behavioral Health Research
Our Transplant Institute's Behavioral Health Program is internationally recognized for its innovative research.
Meet the Department Team
Our team of behavioral health specialists works collaboratively across departments, divisions, centers and programs to provide advanced care, research and training.
