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Susan Shen and the members of her lab

In a university first, psychiatrist earns prestigious award for her 'outsider' approach 

Monday, December 8, 2025

Project ECHO aims to improve quality of care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Thursday, November 20, 2025
An innovative telehealth program hosted by the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry is helping the direct support professionals, community agencies, and health care providers who support and serve adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by providing free expert guidance and support.

Mental health care from someone who understands

Monday, July 28, 2025
Resident physician Marshall Rupe is training in psychiatry with the hope of providing compassionate care to rural Iowans in need of support.

UI Health Care leads with innovative SAINT therapy for mental health

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
University of Iowa Health Care is using a new therapy called SAINT (Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy) to treat depression.

UIHC is first in the Midwest to offer game-changing treatment for major depression

Friday, March 7, 2025
University of Iowa Health Care is among only three academic medical centers in the nation, and the first in the Midwest, to offer what promises to be groundbreaking treatment for people who are dealing with major depression.

Patient and Provider: On the Journey to Recovery in the UI Partial Hospitalization Program

Friday, March 7, 2025
A patient and his provider at the University of Iowa Partial Hospitalization Program reflect on the life-skills needed to recover from addiction.

UI researchers ask if psychedelics can treat alcohol use disorder

Monday, February 24, 2025
This past spring, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry guided their first human volunteer through a psychedelic session.

Exceptional processing

The lab of Jake Michaelson, PhD, uses advanced neuroimaging to learn more about brain function with twice-exceptional individuals