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Brain health for all, for life

Photography by Jared Perry

About Us

The Department of Psychiatry is a diverse community of staff and faculty dedicated to our mission: brain health for all, for life. It is comprised of five divisions:

  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Adult Psychiatry
  • Substance Abuse and Dependence
  • Neuroscience
  • Community Psychiatry

 

With over 300 regular, affiliate, and volunteer clinical faculty, our team works to improve mental healthcare at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, UCHealth/University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, the Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Department of Corrections, and the Colorado Mental Health Institutes at Pueblo and Fort Logan. The department is dedicated to valuing all people and is committed to diversity and inclusion in our clinical, research, treatment, and educational activities.

Chair Neill in purple jacket

Meet the Chair

C. Neill Epperson, MD Professor and Chair

Upcoming Events

Forensic Grand Rounds - "The Unimaginable Tragedies of Familicide and the Family Annihilator"

Jan 29, 2020 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
13055 East 17th Avenue
 Aurora, CO

In the News

  • Chris Schneck

    Family Therapy Best for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder

    Jan 23, 2020, 12:00 AM by Department of Psychiatry
    Therapy for the entire family might help kids and teens vulnerable to bipolar disorder stay healthy longer, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Colorado and Stanford University studied 127 young people from ages 9 to 17.
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    Deep brain stimulation zaps OCD - UCHealth Today

    Jan 14, 2020, 12:00 AM by Department of Psychiatry
    Standard treatments for his obsessive-compulsive disorder hadn't provided relief, so UCH doctors offered up one last option: deep-brain stimulation for OCD.
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  • Steve Berkowitz

    Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is traumatizing kids. Bring asylum seekers here to heal.

    Jan 6, 2020, 12:00 AM by Department of Psychiatry
    Opinion column by Steven Berkowitz, professor of psychiatry and the director of the Stress, Trauma, Adversity Research and Treatment Center at the CU School of Medicine, and co-author: “As these children and parents arrive at our doorstep seeking asylum, as is their legal right, it is wrong for this administration to knowingly place them in dangerous environments when safe alternatives exist and their presence in the United States has no negative impact on our society. It is our duty to protect them.” USA Today, Jan. 6, 2020
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    Top Research Achievements of 2019

    Dec 19, 2019, 12:00 AM by Department of Psychiatry
    The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation in December announced that the top research achievements of 2019 include an investigation led by CU faculty members. The work by Robert Freedman, MD, professor and former chair of psychiatry, M. Camille Hoffman, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the division of maternal fetal medicine, and seven other CU faculty members found that during pregnancy, the presence of adequate levels of the nutrient choline in the mother’s system has a protective role in the development of the fetal brain and on behavior in children following birth. The results of the study are described in an article published in May 2019 in The Journal of Pedicatrics. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundaiton is the world’s largest private funder of mental health research grants and has awarded more than $408 million to more than 4,800 scientists around the world.
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  • Michael Allen2

    988 national suicide prevention hotline one step closer to reality

    Dec 23, 2019, 12:00 AM by Department of Psychiatry
    Michael Allen, a professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, has been working on the idea with stakeholders nationwide for years. “Part of the desire is not just to create a simpler number but to develop a better system,” Allen told FOX31. Fox31, Dec. 12, 2019
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