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.

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Measuring Differences in Brain Chemicals in People with Mild Memory Problems

Released: March 19, 2019. Now out: Noninvasive brain imaging can detect levels of important brain chemicals and metabolites. “We hope one day to use this technology to understand the earliest changes in brain chemistry that are associated with cognitive and behavioral symptoms that could represent new targets for treatment,” says Gwenn S. Smith, Ph.D.

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Match Day 2019

Congratulations to the new residents joining the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry professional training programs!

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Top ranked in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report

About the Department

#2 in the Nation

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ranks #2 in the nation for medical education in psychiatry by U.S. News & World Report.

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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

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Depression in Adolescents

Dr. Robert Findling and his team at Johns Hopkins are dedicated to accurately identifying pediatric patients with major depression or bipolar disorder, while finding safe and effective treatment options.

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.