Psychiatry and Psychology

Meeting the needs of diverse, underserved populations and addressing health disparities is a priority of our department's clinical, educational and research programs. In addition, many people with mental health issues struggle to get the medical, psychiatric and psychological care they need. To address these problems, our department has numerous clinical, academic and research projects focused on meeting the needs of underserved populations, developing creative mental health treatment delivery systems, and tailoring interventions for underserved populations.

Mayo Clinic psychiatry and psychology researchers conduct their own studies across sites, including Minnesota, Florida and Arizona. They also involve the many hospitals that make up the Mayo Clinic Health System. For example, the neuropsychology, aging, and cognition research team has scientific investigators across all three Mayo Clinic campuses.

Research teams within our department include an array of healthcare professionals and focus on the evaluation and treatment of a range of mental illnesses and their impact on patients and their families.

Many investigators in our department are engaged in research projects with other departments or centers of excellence across our academic medical center. For example, our department has investigators in:

• Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
• Center for Connected Care
• William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration
• Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

To ensure discoveries are translated to patient care as quickly as possible, we encourage our researchers to participate in other academic centers, collaborations and multisite studies. For instance, we collaborate in multicenter research projects with:

• University of Minnesota
• University of Mississippi
• University of Toronto
• Queensland University
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
• Lindner Center of Hope
• Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
• Universidad de los Andes Santiago
• Stanford University
• Karolinska Institute
• National Network of Depression Centers

Read more about the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology research activities at Mayo Clinic.

See a list of publications about psychiatric and psychologic disorders by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.