Research
The faculty in the Department of Psychiatry is conducting clinical and translational research in patients with mental illness as well as basic studies of human behavior and brain function.
The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry studies childhood disorders at the level of basic and translational science, with collaboration among clinicians and researchers.
The Mood Disorders Research Program studies the neural basis of depression and investigates the effectiveness of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments.
The Psychotic Disorders Research Program is interested in the neural mechanisms of schizophrenia and studies the mechanism and effectiveness of various pharmacological treatments.
The Vanderbilt Addiction Center brings together scientists and clinicians in an effort to study and treat patients with substance abuse.
The Psychiatric Neuroimaging Program is a new effort in our department to grow the number of investigators using state-of-the art imaging technology to better understand the neural mechanisms of mental illness.
The Basic Neuroscience laboratories are devoted to the study of several neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
Richard C. Shelton, M.D.
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
James G. Blakemore Research Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pharmacology
