Mayo Clinic has received special funding from the National Institutes of Health to pursue research to better understand how a patient's individual differences contribute to health and disease. Our department is investigating how psychiatric, psychological and behavioral factors may help individually tailor medical and mental health treatments.
Consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top hospitals for psychiatry in the country, Mayo Clinic's Department of Psychiatry and Psychology has a long history of reducing the burden of mental health issues on patients and their families. The department has a wide portfolio of research activities and programs that support Mayo Clinic's goal of integrating clinical practice, research and education.
Psychiatry and psychology research at Mayo Clinic is focused on clinical research and the development of effective interventions for patients with mental, addictive, behavioral and emotional disorders. Major clinical programs include:
Many research projects emphasize clinical involvement and efforts that translate directly into better patient care.
Mayo Clinic's Department of Psychiatry and Psychology sponsors an extensive range of clinical and educational offerings. Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine provides training at three locations (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota). For postdoctoral fellows and residents, the department offers psychiatry and psychology training in several specialties.
Learn more about the department's multidisciplinary research teams engaged in identifying novel methods for diagnosing and treating psychiatric and psychological disorders.
A range of clinical trials related to healthy aging, mood disorders, psychosomatics and anxiety disorders are offered. Several investigators are funded by the National Institutes of Health, foundations or industry.
A variety of education programs are available at Mayo Clinic's campuses, including psychology fellowships and psychiatry residencies and fellowships.
Get in touch with Mayo Clinic's Department of Psychiatry and Psychology about research areas and opportunities for collaboration or training.
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