The Department of Psychiatry clinical and investigative programs are focused on increasing our understanding of mood and anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, PTSD, sleep disorders, and emotional and social influences on cancer and heart disease. Through bettering our understanding, we are working to improve treatment approaches.
Our research programs are internationally recognized in the scientific community for its outstanding faculty and innovative work in the field of mood disorders.
Benefits of Participation in Research
Volunteers who participate in our reseach programs are carefully and regularly monitored by friendly, experienced, and highly qualified staff. Most studies involve either weekly or monthly visits to the clinic. All participants receive caring assistance with a referral for continued care when the study is completed.
To Inquire about Specific Studies
Visit our Current Studies page. For general questions about our research programs that are not related to a specific study, call (520) 626-5105 and leave a message.
For Researchers
- Find Institutional Review Board documents in this Box folder (You will need your NETID and be invited to the folder.)
- UArizona's Human Subjects Protection Program website
- For general questions, contact College of Medicine Regulatory Coordinators at regulatory@email.arizona.edu.
- For Residents and Fellows, contact Steve Schaefer at sreschaefer@psychiatry.arizona.edu or (520) 874-4082