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Department of Psychiatry

Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry’s website. Explore our site to learn how we are developing a state-of-the-art academic clinical department that encompasses both outpatient and inpatient services with a quadripartite mission of clinical care, community service, education, and research.

With the biopsychosocial model as the core organizing principle, we strive together to develop the Rochester model of psychiatry as the international leader in clinical care, community service, education, and research in psychiatry.

About the Department of Psychiatry

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By the Numbers

1500+

Employees Including Faculty and Staff

370k

Outpatient Services Provided Per Year

115+

Multidisciplinary Trainees Per Year

$20m

In Research Grants and Contracts

A Long-standing Tradition of Excellence

Since its inception in 1945, our Department of Psychiatry – one of the first of its kind – has remained at the forefront of psychiatric medicine and care.

As part of UR Medicine, a world-class medical center and leading academic institution, our Department has also remained true to our mission of delivering outstanding patient-centered care, conducting breakthrough research and training the next generation of psychiatric clinicians, researchers and teachers. In fact, we were the birthplace of the biopsychological model of health and illness that serves as the cornerstone of education and training of students and trainees across the field of psychiatry. Learn about our history.