Adult Psychiatry

The Division of Adult Psychiatry is a large clinical Division dedicated to state- of- the- art clinical care; academic excellence, departmental service and leadership; faculty and staff professional development/mentoring; and development of creative clinical research projects and collaborations. The Division is well-integrated within the Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Health System, Faculty Practice Group, Semel Institute, the WLA VA and other entities.

The Division utilizes a large group of experienced and dedicated full-time faculty, staff physicians and staff clinicians including psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers and voluntary clinical faculty to provide a wide range of clinical services for UCLA patients at multiple settings on and off-campus.

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Locations

• Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital (RNPH) inpatient services for patients who require hospitalization
• RNPH-licensed Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
• Ronald Reagan- UCLA Medical Center (RR-UCLAMC) Emergency Department psychiatric consultations for patients who require urgent psychiatric evaluations
• RR-UCLAMC – Psychiatry consultations for medically ill patients
• UCLA-SMH Consultation-Liaison – Psychiatric consultations for medically ill patients
• RR-UCLAMC Transplant Psychiatry consults for inpatients and outpatients

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Specialty Outpatient Programs & Clinics

• Anxiety Disorders Clinic (ADC) 
• Mood Disorders Clinic (MDC)  
• Addiction Psychiatry Clinic  
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 
• Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic 
• Psychosis Clinic   
• Simms-Mann Psychosocial Clinic 
• General Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic (GOC) 
• Transplant consult outpatient clinic  
• Women’s Life Clinic (WLC) for postpartum depression and related reproductive psychiatric conditions 
• Homeless Psychiatry outreach under the UCLA Health System Homeless Health Care Initiative  
• UCLA Student Health Insurance Program clinic (SHIP) for UCLA undergraduates with tertiary care needs  
• UCLA Operation Mend 

Adult faculty perform clinical services within the Division and departmental clinical and research programs including  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Depression Grand Challenge, DGSOM Behavioral Wellness Center (BWC) and others.   

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Academic Mission

Division faculty are engaged in a variety of teaching and administrative leadership roles to teach the next generation of psychiatrists and clinical researchers: 

• Resident supervision as attending physicians and clinical supervisors  
• Residency Education lectures, classes, seminars 
• Neuropsychiatric Behavioral Health Service medical director 
• Clinical Service and teaching clinic directors  
• Vice-Chair for Education  
• Vice-Chair for Clinical Services  
• Residency Education director and assistant directors 
• Mood Disorders fellowship  
• Consultation-Liaison fellowship  
• DGSOM Faculty Specialty Advisor roles for the Dean’s office 
• Research training for research residents and postdoctoral trainees