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Named a US News & World Report Best Psychiatry Program

Our Department of Psychiatry excels in its mission of providing superb behavioral health services to our patients and their families; pursuing the development of better diagnostic techniques and treatments through innovative research; and providing a stimulating learning environment for medical students, residents, psychology interns, and post-doctoral fellows.

04/29/2026

A recent UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital symposium on mental health and student-athletes was attended by nearly 800 psychologists, coaches, athletic directors and trainers, and others. Mental Health and Student-Athletes: Managing the Invisible Injury presented the latest research around the vulnerability of student-athletes to mental health challenges: https://bit.ly/425Ma4D

04/27/2026

“Truly Exemplary” | Dr. Eric Golden Receives UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES): https://bit.ly/4cMZDDd

04/17/2026

Three papers published in Current Psychiatry Reports and Appetite by Christine Call, PhD, and colleagues in the Perinatal Health and Behaviors Lab, highlight advances in our understanding of eating disorders in pregnancy and the perinatal period. https://bit.ly/4mBmN4d

04/09/2026

In addition to providing outstanding, expert clinical care for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and teaching the next generation of physicians, Dr. Robert Hudak is dedicated to teaching mental health professionals and non-psychiatric physicians nationwide about treatment of the disorder. Read our interview: https://bit.ly/48bj2wv

04/06/2026

Congratulations, Vernon Nathaniel, MD, who has received a 2025 UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES)! Dr. Nathaniel's ACES nominations included numerous comments, including the following: “In my career I have worked with many doctors but none of the esteem of Dr. Nathaniel. I have never met a doctor with the level of humility, compassion, honesty, intellect, sensibility, kindness and approachability that he has.” https://bit.ly/4vgb4vF

03/30/2026

“Thoughtful, Considerate, Extremely Effective” – Samantha Stilson Receives UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES): https://bit.ly/4cfuyJi

03/25/2026

The 2026 Pitt Psychiatry Interventional Psychiatry Showcase focused on the use of ketamine and the use of ketosis in psychiatric treatment. Through lively lunchtime roundtables, followed by afternoon presentations and panel discussions, attendees learned about new research using each of these methods, and about their applications for treating a range of psychiatric disorders. https://bit.ly/4rXVe66

03/23/2026

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2026 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks! Please welcome our new incoming PGY1 psychiatry residents: https://bit.ly/4rRxaSr

03/20/2026

We are now accepting poster presentation abstracts for our Annual Research Day. Learn more and submit here! https://bit.ly/4boomyw
Deadline to submit: 4/17

03/19/2026

Patients with conditions including treatment-resistant depression, catatonia, persistent mania, difficult-to-treat schizophrenia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome, can now receive care at a newly renovated, larger, brighter Center for Interventional Psychiatry on the ground floor of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. https://bit.ly/4rDVEi1

03/16/2026

Congratulations to Stephen Smagula, PhD, who has received conferral of tenure! Dr. Smagula’s research focuses on circadian rhythm disruptions as a causal risk for depression, suicidal ideation, and dementia in older people. The goal of his research is to see if treating sleep problems behaviorally reduces depression and ultimately helps prevent su***de. As sleep-wake disruption is a highly modifiable target for intervention, Dr. Smagula develops and tests evidence-based scientific models of rest-activity rhythm dysfunction and translates these models into interventions to test in clinical trials. https://bit.ly/4uzcdOz

03/13/2026

Congratulations to Pitt Psychiatry faculty members who have received the following recognitions: Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine (Layla Banihashemi, PhD); University of Notre Dame William D. Reynolds Award (Kelly Beck, PhD, LPC, CRC); Fellows of the International Neuropsychological Society (Meryl Butters, PhD & Stuart Steinhauer, PhD). https://bit.ly/4bmlAs3

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