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Psychiatry Alumni

Our residency, fellowship, psychology postdoctoral and social work training program alumni remain a vital part of the U-M Medical School Department of Psychiatry community. Graduates are connected to a distinguished network of professionals who exemplify the university’s tradition of excellence in mental health care, research and training.

We warmly invite you to reconnect - whether it’s for a conference, reunion, Michigan football game or another campus event. Join us for department tours, hear about groundbreaking advancements, and meet our current trainees. Your continued engagement and support help sustain Michigan Psychiatry’s tradition of leadership in clinical care, research and education for future generations.

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UMich Med Mosaic

Beyond the White Coat: Finding Your Voice at the Patient’s Bedside

In this episode of UMich Med Mosaic, host Mackenzie Kay speaks with MD students Josh Chen and Gabriel Culian about what it feels like to step onto the hospital wards for the first time. They reflect on their earliest patient encounters, the transition from standardized patients to real clinical settings, and the role medical students play in building trust, explaining care plans and supporting patients and families. They also discuss witnessing serious illness, grief and life-changing conversations, while exploring how early clinical experiences shape confidence, empathy and the kind of physicians they hope to become.

Department News

A Day in the Life: Carmen Harrison

Carmen Harrison is a Community Engagement and Outreach professional with the Department of Psychiatry.

Graphic for the Prechter Bipolar Research Program’s “Inside the Study” webinar on BD² bipolar disorder research.

Research News

Watch the Prechter Program's "Inside the Study" webinar now, later, and again

Watch the Prechter Program’s Inside the Study webinar on the BD²: Breakthrough Discoveries for Bipolar Disorder research study, participation, early findings, and care advances across the BD² Integrated Network.

Health Lab

AI chatbots spark mental health concerns, including psychosis risk

Artificial intelligence-driven AI chatbots have been linked to cases of suicide, delusions, psychosis and mental health issues. Three experts from Michigan Medicine explain what’s known and how to respond.

Department News

Facing Your Own Fears First: Training Clinicians to Deliver the Anxiety Treatment They've Been Avoiding

As a participant in Cohort 5 of the RISE Innovator Development Program, Emily Bilek developed and piloted an experiential training curriculum. The goal of the curriculum is to build clinician confidence and competence in delivering exposure therapy to youth with anxiety and OCD. The approach is as intuitive as it is novel: to truly understand exposure therapy, clinicians experience it themselves.

Health Lab

Alcohol-Related Liver Disease clinic gives patient new hope

Diagnosed with alcohol-related liver cirrhosis, Jennifer Strohpaul decided it was time for a fresh start with the University of Michigan Health Alcohol Related Liver Disease Clinic. Receiving her liver transplant has inspired her to go back to school for her Master’s of Social Work to help patients like herself.