Driven By Core Values and Mission
The Department of Psychiatry at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is defined by its commitment to collegiality, diversity, and continuous growth, reflected in our esteemed programs and faculty accomplishments. We focus on mental health education, innovative research, and providing exceptional clinical services.
About the Department
Resident applicants to our program invariably ask us to describe our department. An academic department is characterized by its faculty, students, programs, theoretical orientation and values. The interests and accomplishments of the faculty can be, at least in part, assessed through our CV’s linked to this website. These documents, however, are less adequate in conveying the prevailing values of our department. These include a commitment to the following:
- Collegiality and mutual respect
- Diversity and inclusivity
- Open-mindedness
- Personal and professional growth
- Nurturing environment
- Creativity and innovation
- Responsibility to society
- Continuous improvement and growth
- Scholarship and academic rigor
These values are evident in the types and excellence of our programs in public sector psychiatry, education, research, and clinical services. Wright State's widely recognized Psychiatry programs include but are not limited to telepsychiatry services, addiction medicine services encompassing a continuum of care staffed by our faculty and residents, comprehensive child and adolescent psychiatry services including college mental health, provision of mental health services, and psychiatric care within the Dayton community hospitals, and a unique program in the assessment and treatment of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The quality of undergraduate and graduate medical education programs in the department has been acknowledged regionally and nationally. In addition to prominent research efforts in addiction medicine, including a strong collaborative relationship with the Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research (CITAR) within Boonshoft School of Medicine's Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and the mental health/wellness among health care professionals, the residency training program offers in-depth opportunities in learning about providing psychotherapy, an important psychosocial component in caring for all of our patients. We welcome your interest in any aspect of our department.
Our Mission
Our mission is to teach and study mental health, mental illness, and treatment. We accomplish that mission through:
- Preparing residents to be psychiatrists informed by knowledge, sensitivity, skill, and skepticism;
- Performing clinically based research into normal and abnormal mental functioning and treatment of mental disorders;
- Teaching medical students about human development, mental illness, and the psychiatric aspects of illness and health;
- Attracting graduate medical residents who share our vision of scholarship, practice, and service
- Fostering academic affiliations with other providers and community organizations; and
- Promoting interdisciplinary and interfacility collaboration.