Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (PBH) was established in the fall of 2008 as part of the new FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. PBH collaborates with hospitals and other organizations throughout South Florida to provide training and education, innovative research, and superior clinical services.

Vision, Mission & Values

PBH seeks the pursuit of emotional, behavioral and physical health through quality education, superior health care, and the development and dissemination of science based innovation.

• Promote independent and lifelong learning
• Provide exemplary, evidence based patient services through the application of medical knowledge to patient care
• Foster academic quality and provide education of the highest standard
• Seek the advancement of research
• Maintain honesty and integrity
• Seek excellence in everything we do

Education and Training

PBH faculty are actively involved in the teaching of multiple learners. Our medical students are exposed to our faculty teaching across all years in the curriculum. From active participation in courses in the 1st-year to the 4th-year FIU medical students benefit from the breadth of our faculty expertise. FIU psychiatry clerkship and elective students rotate through our 16 clinical sites.

PBH offers 4th-year psychiatry elective rotations for our International Visiting Medical Students program as well as provides clinical training for Masters of Physician Assistant Studies students. Our department faculty and staff therapists provide individualized training and clinical supervision throughout our clinical sites.

The Citrus Health Network-FIU psychiatry residency program serves as a model for outpatient- and community-based training as the first psychiatry residency program sponsored by a Federally Qualified Health Center. Residents actively participate in clinical quality improvement through their rotations in psychiatry and primary care at Citrus Health Network and medicine and neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. The Department’s faculty participate across all years of training.

Research

PBH clinical faculty and staff are committed to the diverse communities they provide services for. We aim to contribute in solving public health problems like substance use disorders, suicide and child and adolescent disorders. We pursue research that addresses social determinants of health and their effect on the well-being and functioning of people with severe mental illness. We develop educational interventions to enhance the communication between patients and their healthcare providers. We involve trainees at all levels in the design, implementation and dissemination of research.

Secondary Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Community-Based Faculty

Contact

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
11200 SW 8^th Street, AHC1-348 Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-4147
Fax: 305-348-4331
psychiatryinfo@fiu.edu