Our faculty and staff, and the research, training and clinical programs that they lead, together with the facilities and other support they enjoy, continue to maintain the reputation of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital as one of the world’s leaders in the study of complex behavior and its disorders. We conduct internationally recognized research in almost every area of basic and clinical neuroscience, and offer educational and training programs that interdigitate with these research efforts and with equally outstanding clinical programs in every major area of child and adolescent, developmental, adult, and geriatric psychiatry. Key features include:

• Specialized residency and fellowship tracks, including psychiatric research - designed for residents entering with a Ph.D. degree.
• A vast group of research centers and programs investigating the whole spectrum of the neurosciences, from the gene through to human culture.
• Close affiliations to other centers in the Greater LA area that support our training effort in community psychiatry and offer residents additional opportunity to select various ambulatory and ER rotations.
• Inpatient programs to be based in the new 75-bed Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, as part of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, featuring the most advanced medical technology in the world, which opened in Summer 2008
• Ambulatory care programs in the 300 Medical Plaza building at UCLA.
• A yearly 2½ day retreat at the UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernadino Mountains

For application procedures to the Residency the downloadable brochure contains full details and opportunities available to you.

Please also read about our fellowships in Child & Adolescent and Geriatric Psychiatry, and our opporunities to develop a career in research. UCLA also has affiliated Residency programs at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA/San Fernando Valley and King-Drew Medical Center.