Division of Population Behavioral Health Celebrates 10 years

With the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, the “Triple Aim” of health care improved health of the US population, increased quality of care and cost containment, has become central to health-system transformation. The shifting of priorities toward population-level and value-based health has created new opportunities for innovation and program creation. In response to these changing health-system priorities, the UCLA Department of Psychiatry created the UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health in 2016.

The UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health (DPBH) is committed to enhancing the mental and physical wellbeing of individuals and families through the promotion of a continuum of behavioral health, research and education strategically integrated into healthcare, home, educational and community settings with focus on improving access and equity for marginalized and under-resourced children and families.  UCLA DPBH provides leadership to a range of public partnership and policy initiatives with County and State agencies.   

Core Programs and Activities:

• Nathanson Family Resilience Center
• Prevention Center of Excellence
• UCLA/VA Veteran Family Wellbeing Center
• UCLA TIES for Families
• SEEDS (Strategies for Enhancing Early Developmental Success)
• FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress)
• DPBH School Mental Health Programs
• UCLA + DMH Public Psychiatry Fellowship Program
• Stress Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program 
• Family Development Program
• EMPWR Clinic
• Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Clinic
• Specialty Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
• Tele Mental Health Hub