U-M Department of Psychiatry
U-M Psychiatry

The U-M Department of Psychiatry

is part of the University of Michigan Health System, one of the nation's leading health care facilities, and is home to the nation's first comprehensive Depression Center and the Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences Institute.

We provide patients with state-of-the-art treatment and care of psychiatric disorders, much of it based on the innovative research done by our faculty. Our psychiatric care facility is one of the best in the country, and was one of the very first to provide modern diagnosis and research on mental disorders.

On this site you will find information about our physicians and caregivers, clinical specialities and programs, research programs, and educational opportunities.

For Psychiatric Emergency Services, call: (734) 936-5900
To make an appointment, call: (734) 764-0231

Highlights

Stem cell research offers new hope for unlocking the secrets of bipolar disorder

Scientists will be able to link new findings – such as how gene expression is affected by different medications – to extensive clinical and demographic data from the cell donors, who are also participants in an ongoing long-term study of hundreds of individuals with bipolar disorder.
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New tool aims to improve measurement of primary care depression outcomes

Now doctors at the University of Michigan Health System have developed a new tool that may help family physicians better evaluate the extent to which a patient’s depression has improved.
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Helping mental health professionals in Japan cope with disaster

A new program at the University of Michigan aims to help patients with depression manage their symptoms by making someone who cares about them an important part of their treatment.
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