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Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry's Website
The Department of Psychiatry of Virginia Commonwealth University and
the VCU Medical Center offers a full continuum of specialized programs
and services to meet the mental health needs of Richmond residents
and the referral needs of clinicians from around the Commonwealth
of Virginia and the Middle-Atlantic region of the USA. Our department
is multifaceted, energetic and committed to the belief that the future
of medical practice will be deeply influenced by brain/behavioral
research. We are playing a major role in this work and believe that
research will unlock the mystery of mental illness and profide cures
for our patients. Our clinical practice is based on the application
of evidence-based psychiatry to each person's unique situation.
The academic
medical center, coupled with the vast resources of the Virginia
Commonwealth University Health System, produces a synergy in
the Department's three-fold mission of patient care, clinical
research and education.
Patient Care
Our clinical practice begins with the belief that correct diagnosis most often leads to
appropriate treatment. We therefore specialize in diagnostic evaluation coupled with extensive
expertise in biological and psychological therapies. We place special emphasis on the
combination and integration of treatments, which usually brings the best result for our
patients. Our faculty treat the range of human behavioral problems, including depression,
anxiety, substance abuse, personality disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We work
with all ages. Our faculty has special competency in dealing with the psychiatric problems
associated with physical illness and special problems encountered by patients and families at
the end of life.
Child, adult and geriatric programs meet the needs of each
population. Services are unsurpassed both in terms of their
responsiveness to individual patient and family needs and their
application of the latest research and clinical knowledge in
psychiatry.
The Department has several modern sites specifically designed to work within
a managed behavioral care environment, an array of central MCV outpatient services including subspecialty clinics and highly
specialized inpatient programs.
The Department also includes Psychiatric Genetics as well as
Psychological and Neuropsychological assessment.
Please call our Intake and Referral service at (804)828-2000 or (800)232-0901.
We have enduring optimism about the benefits of appropriate diagnosis
and treatment for mental illnesses and apply the most current research
findings to the problems of each patient.
Research
Research is the answer -- if the question is, "What is the intervention
most likely to improve patient health while controlling global costs?"
A moment's reflection about the impact of the Salk Polio vaccine brings
this point home. Our research in schizophrenia, psychiatric genetics,
epidemiology and women's mental health is world recognized, and we
have great strength in children's psychiatric disorders. Extensive
work is ongoing in understanding substance abuse disorders.
Our research takes place in many settings across the globe and rigorous attention is given to
informed consent, subject protection and adherence to the highest in ethical standards.
Research is only done with the full consent of the patient.
Education
On this website, you will find detailed descriptions of our adult
psychiatric residency program and pediatric psychology internship.
These programs are fully accredited and attract quality applicants.
We also offer psychiatric fellowships in Child, Psychosomatic Medicine,
and Addiction Medicine.
In addition, our department is responsible for the psychiatric education
of 680 medical students in VCU's School of Medicine and operates special
training programs for post-doctoral psychologists, M.D./Ph.D. candidates
and social work interns.
I hope you will explore our website. Feel free to personally call faculty whose interests
coincide with yours. As a component of a vibrant urban university, service to our community is
a high priority. Please e-mail me if I may be of service.
Joel J. Silverman, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry
Last Update: June, 2009 according to departmental policy
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