About Us

On behalf of our faculty, staff, students and trainees, I want to welcome you to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences webpage. The department’s vision is to become an innovative global leader in discovery, training and clinical care. We encompass a broad array of deeply committed people, different professional expertise, varied clinical sites, comprehensive research endeavors and multiple training experiences. The department has interdisciplinary programs that span the entirety of the human life cycle, from work with neonatal children to the care of geriatric patients. As part of the Brain Health Center, we provide comprehensive psychiatric services for all of Emory Healthcare, as well as our affiliate hospitals: Grady Healthcare and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. We are one of the top federally-funded departments of psychiatry in the country and have extensive research expertise across a wide spectrum of psychiatric inquiry. The department is able to provide a myriad of different types of training experiences for undergraduate students, medical students, pre- and postdoctoral graduate students, psychiatric residents and fellows in a variety of psychiatry subspecialties. Please continue your exploration of our wonderful department, its outstanding clinical services and world class research and training opportunities. 

William McDonald, MD
Department Chair
Professor and JB Fuqua Chair for Late-Life Depression and Reunette W. Harris Chair for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences