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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

MIND. MEDICINE. HEALING. HOPE.

Our Specialties

Caring for the whole patient is at the heart of our mission. The doctors and therapists at the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences treat adults, adolescents and children through community psychiatric services, consultation clinics, inpatient units and day hospitals in more than a dozen specialty areas.

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The Future of Medicine Precision Medicine Centers of Excellence in Psychiatry

Our Precision Medicine Centers are aimed at bringing clinicians and researchers together to study how best to get the right treatments to the right patients at the right times. Disease categories are heterogenous, and the Centers aim to break out more homogenous subtypes of illness. The hope is that these illness subtypes will be differentially responsive to various available treatments. Or perhaps a given subtype will suggest a new treatment development opportunity.

Alzheimer's Disease

The Richman Family Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Mood Disorders

The Stanley and Elizabeth Star Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders

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Psychosis

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Schizoaffective Disorders

New Center Aims to Bolster Treatment of Schizoaffective Disorders

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Meet Our ExpertsSupport for Young Adults Grappling with Mental Health Struggles

Jennifer Coughlin and Ana Soule aim to fill a gap in specialized services available to young adults by providing comprehensive consulations toward getting patients successfully back to health.

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Education and Research

  • Professional Education

    The depth of our clinical expertise and the breadth of our research programs allow us to train the next generation of psychiatrists and scientists to be clinical and research leaders.

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  • Knowledge to Cure & Prevent

    Our clinical research programs range from efficacy and treatment-response studies to clinical trials and epidemiology.

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Top Ranked

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is top ranked in Psychiatry, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023–24 Best Hospitals list.

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#TomorrowsDiscoveries

Understanding Anorexia Nervosa

Angela Guarda, M.D., and her team of researchers are working to understand anorexia nervosa and its addictive nature so they can improve the treatment process.

TomorrowsDiscoveries Understanding Anorexia Nervosa Angela Guarda MD

Huntington Disease and Its Effects

Dr. Jee Bang and her research team are currently running numerous clinical studies on Huntington’s disease. The studies involve testing new experimental drugs that treat symptoms, all while looking for new targets for therapeutics.

TomorrowsDiscoveries Huntington Disease and Its Effects Dr Jee Bang

Mind and MoodRecognizing and Getting Help for Mood Disorders

It can be hard to distinguish between a bad mood or exhaustion and actual depression because the symptoms can be similar. While the word "depression" often brings to mind images of extreme sadness or inactivity, the mood changes related to depression are often more subtle than that.

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