Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | Johns Hopkins Medicine, based in Baltimore, Maryland

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Adult Psychiatry

Care for the whole patient is the heart of our clinical mission. Our expertise in more than a dozen specialties draws on a century of experience as well as cutting-edge research.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This birthplace of child psychiatry continues to advance the field with expert treatment and innovative research to improve the futures of children and teens.

Substance Use Disorder

Our clinical expertise in treating a range of substance use disorders and co-occurring conditions is based on decades of commitment and pioneering research.

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Treating Alzheimer's Disease

Psychiatrist Constantine Lyketsos and his team have learned how to better help people with Alzheimer’s continue to live at home, and they are putting the guidelines into use all over the United States.

Press Release - October 17, 2018: Deep Brain Stimulation for Alzheimer’s Not for Everyone

Seeking Knowledge to Cure and Prevent

Our clinical research programs range from efficacy and treatment-response studies to clinical trials and epidemiology. Our basic research encompasses bioinformatics, genetics, neuroscience, neuroimaging, and molecular biology - all in an effort to unlock the causal pathways to the major psychiatric conditions and to use this knowledge to develop practical means to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Meet Dr. Lehmann

Depression affects as many as 15 percent of people age 65 and older. “Most doctors don’t recognize the threat geriatric mental health problems bring because they’re not trained to do so,” Lehmann says. Now, with the release of self-paced, online learning modules she’s crafted for medical students, she aims to heighten awareness about late-life depression—and its nuances—for the next generation of doctors.

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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. Our educational programs include medical student education, a general psychiatry residency, a child and adolescent psychiatry residency, and post-doctoral fellowship and research training opportunities.

Training Programs