Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Richard Schottenfeld, Department Chair
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Howard University Hospital Department of Psychiatry consists of clinical faculty representing generalists and sub-specialists in psychiatry and psychology. settings.
Featured Services
- In-Patient Services
- Consultation - Liaison Services
- Substance Abuse Services
- Child/Adolescent, Adult Outpatient Clinic
- Bi-Polar Disorder
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorders
- Schizophrenia
About Us
Howard University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences consists of clinical faculty representing generalists and sub-specialists in psychiatry and psychology. Our medical staff is fully qualified to provide state-of-the-art, evidence-based services that include diagnosis and treatment of severely mentally ill patients and those with life issues, treatment of the deaf and mentally challenged, and the diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Several members of the department participate in ongoing basic and clinical research. The department has an alliance with the National Institute of Mental Health's intramural program to support collaborative research on 25 different projects. These are pioneering studies that involve mood and anxiety disorders, medication effectiveness and treatment, state-of-the-art neuro-imaging and measures of physiological response. Individual faculty members are also funded in studies of the genetics of mood disorders, sleep in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and studies of the pharmacology of alcohol dependence. These projects attempt as much as possible to complement clinical services.
Mission
- To provide multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art psychiatry patient care in our inpatient, outpatient, and consultation services.
- To give our medical students, psychiatric residents, and other trainees in the health profession state-of-the-art education and training in psychiatric patient care.
- To maintain a well-trained, credentialed, multidisciplinary psychiatric patient care staff who enthusiastically uphold all of the current professional and accreditation standards for patient care and continuing staff development and education.
- To facilitate the maintenance of academic and research skills and activities. This is accomplished through continual internal monitoring, staff training, re-evaluation and education.
Psychiatric Services
Howard University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides world class, evidence-based psychiatric treatment for all ages and for a wide range of diagnoses, from the severely mentally ill to mood disorders, emotional challenges and substance abuse.
One of the top 50 most funded psychiatric research facilities in the U.S., Howard's active research program complements patient care. Additionally, training programs are available for medical students and residents for adult psychiatry.
Howard has partnering relationships with the University's student counseling service, the Washington DC Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Core Service Agencies in DC Department of Mental Health and the Medical College of Virginia.
The adult general psychiatric service has an acute inpatient open unit with 18 beds, a consultation and liaison service that serve the medico-surgery services and the emergency room, and an outpatient mental health clinic.
