Our education, research, and clinical care missions are helmed by leading experts in psychiatry and psychology.
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
About Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior
From discovery to implementation, our faculty and trainees are deploying cutting-edge technologies to shape the future of mental health treatment for all.
Our leadership is committed to measurable policies and practices that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion and promote anti-racism within the department's education, research, and clinical care settings and the community at large.
About Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior
From discovery to implementation, our faculty and trainees are deploying cutting-edge technologies to shape the future of mental health treatment for all.
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Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Leading the field in mental health education, research, and clinical care.
Mission
Our mission is to improve the understanding and treatment of mental illness by providing the highest values of excellence in research, education, clinical care, community service, and patient advocacy.
Research Infrastructure
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior has more than $60 million in external funding for its innovative research programs, which are integral to the department’s mission to further understanding on the etiology and treatment of psychiatric illnesses.
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Bradley Hospital Psychologist Receives Infant Advocacy Award
Assoc. Prof. Christine Low, Ph.D., received the 2026 Susan Dickstein Big Voice for Babies Award from the Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health.
Brown University Health
Bradley Hospital Names Chase Samsel, MD, as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
In addition to his new role at Bradley Hospital, Chase Samsel, M.D., also serves as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior.
The re-funded COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is directed by Prof. Mary Carskadon.
Our leadership is committed to measurable policies and practices that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion and promote anti-racism within the department's education, research, and clinical care settings and the community at large.