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Find a Person About Us The Yale Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to providing the highest quality education in the field of Psychiatry ; to providing leaders and leadership for the field ; acquiring and disseminating new scientific knowledge pertinent to the causes and treatments of severe neuropsychiatric disorders and to serving as a model of exemplary mental health care for students and society . The Yale Department of Psychiatry's teaching and research efforts further advance the body of knowledge in neurochemistry , genetics , psychopharmacology and brain imaging , as well as in social and behavioral therapies . Its teaching , research and clinical programs span across three geographically distinct clinical settings ( The Connecticut Mental Health Center , Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital , the Psychiatry Service at the West Haven Campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System ) in a wide variety of areas including substance abuse , schizophrenia , health care delivery systems research , molecular psychiatry and many more . In each of these areas there is a critical mass of investigators who , although sometimes geographically separated , work as a team along with clinicians to address the challenges provided by these diverse disease areas . Our clinical services are enhanced by our research efforts . Known for their close alliance to our research staff , our clinical components are at the forefront of treatment both pharmacological and social .