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Brain health for all, for life
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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.
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Mind the Brain: Mind the Drink
May 12, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new stressors into everyone’s lives. It can be tempting to pour a glass of wine or grab a beer to help cope. However, during this public health crisis, what are the ramifications in regards to alcohol use and alcoholism?Full story -
Mind the Brain: Unstructured, Uncertain, Uneasy - Students During COVID-19
May 4, 2020I talk (over video chat) to many students in the healthcare professions through my position at Student and Resident Mental Health at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Since the COVID-19 pandemic and its requirement for social distancing began in mid-March, a common theme in our conversations has appeared. These once ambitious, hardworking, stoic doers are surprised they can’t engage themselves in activities, despite having all this free time on their hands.Full story -
Mind the Brain: How COVID-19 is a Unique Threat to Mental Health
Apr 28, 2020Steven Berkowitz, MD addresses how pandemics are different from other disasters, how COVID-19 is different from previous pandemics, and what you can do today to cope with this inordinate stress.Full story -
How to Prevent Psychiatric Crises During a Pandemic
Apr 22, 2020It’s not whether EDs have the capacity to conduct assessments and crisis evaluations for patients with psychiatric conditions that worries Scott Simpson, medical director of psychiatric emergency services at Denver Health and associate professor of psychiatry at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. It’s what will happen to patients after such assessments are made that worries him. “I think there are going to be a lot of challenges coming up related to transitions of care,” he said. Psychiatric News, April 9, 2020Full story -
The Howling: Americans Let It Out From Depths of Pandemic
Apr 22, 2020The nightly howl is a primal affirmation that provides a moment’s bright spot each evening by declaring, collectively: We shall prevail, said Scott Cypers, director of Stress and Anxiety programs at the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The New York Times via Associated Press, April 10, 2020Full story