Mission Statement
This website is dedicated to those who would like to know more about their (and their family's) mental health care. Many prominent groups, such as Healthy People 2020, are concerned that is substandard and needs considerable improvement. To improve mental health care will require an informed public and much re-orientation of thinking. I'll address these issues from both the individual and the broad societal perspective.
Teaching Team

Francesa Dwamena
MD, MS, FACP, FAACH
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine

Heather Laird-Fick
MD, MPH, FACP
Director of Assessment,
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

Laura Freilich
MD, FACP
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Shilpa Kavuturu
MD, FACP
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Mukta Sharma
MD, FACP
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Robert C. Smith
MD, MS, MACP
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Medicine
The latest research and ideas from our blog

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