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Shaping the Future of Healthcare

Training future healthcare leaders through comprehensive, accredited training and mentorship.

At the U-M Medical School Department of Psychiatry, our commitment to recruiting and training the best and brightest healthcare professionals is foundational to our mission and national leadership.

U-M Medical School consistently ranks in the top ten nationally, reflecting our dedication to high standards in teaching, research, and patient care. Educational excellence not only shapes the next generation of healthcare leaders, but also drives ongoing innovation across the field. We offer a full range of accredited educational programs to support learners at every stage. Our ongoing commitment to education ensures U-M Medical School continues to set the standard for medical excellence, preparing graduates to become leaders in healthcare, research, and academic medicine.

Continuing Medical Education

The Department of Psychiatry offers several opportunities to earn CME credits throughout the year, including our Grand Rounds Lecture Series.

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Education & Training Programs

Medical Student Programs

Delivering comprehensive medical education integrated with hands-on clinical experience.

General Psychiatry Residency

Accredited program providing comprehensive training for physicians across multiple specialties.

Fellowships

Fellowships offering advanced postgraduate training in diverse clinical and research fields.

Psychology Postdoctoral Training

Research-focused programs and clinical fellowships equip future scientists, educators and clinicians for successful careers.

Psychotherapy Mentorships

Faculty mentorship and structured guidance help ensure both personal and academic growth.

Our Community

Feel at home in Michigan. Explore what it’s like to live, learn and grow in Ann Arbor among a diverse and supportive network of leaders in psychiatry and mental health.

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Webinars & Podcasts

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Featured News & Stories

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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.