Psychiatry

Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services to adults and children, as well as psychological support services, while educating medical students, residents and fellows.

Welcome

The Department of Psychiatry is committed to improving the care of patients with psychiatric disorders through the use of new medical knowledge and research. 

We offer a wide array of educational and research programs to teach future generations of psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders.
The department's educational programs include courses and clinical rotations in undergraduate medical education, a residency program in adult psychiatry and a clinical fellowship in child psychiatry. We strive to meet high-performance standards continually and are delivering superior quality services to our patients.

Students, residents, and fellows benefit from learning in diverse clinical environments, including our partner hospitals Memorial Medical Center and HSHS St. John's Hospital, the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Center and the academic medical practice, SIU Medicine.
 

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PATIENT FEATURE

Patients with hard-to-treat depression have options with Esketamine

As a USPS mail carrier and mother of three, Tricia Duckworth began struggling with depression in her mid-20s. She felt tired, anxious and struggled to find a reason to get out of bed. As her symptoms progressed, she began seeing Karen Broquet, MD, a psychiatrist at SIU Medicine. Through the years, Dr. Broquet and Duckworth tried a variety of drug therapies to treat her depression. Ultimately, she was on the highest allowed dose of Effexor (venlafaxine) and could function on an interim basis. Unfortunately, the side effects were often as challenging as the depression itself.

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Psychiatry divisions

Adult Psychiatry

Child Psychiatry

Medicine Psychiatry

Behavioral Health Workforce Center

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Latest articles

Dr. Kari Wolf & Gov. JB Pritzker

New Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center announced

Governor JB Pritzker and state and local officials celebrated the launch of a new Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center that will increase Illinois’ capacity to recruit, educate, and retain behavioral health professionals. The Center will be based at SIU School of Medicine.
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A Virtual Success Story: Telepsychiatry

SIU Psychiatry was an early adopter of telehealth, with Jeffrey Bennett, MD, establishing a clinical training program for residents within critical access hospitals in 2008.
Kari Wolf, psychiatry chair

We welcome everyone into our care

SIU Medicine’s Chair of Psychiatry Kari Wolf, MD, issued the following statement in response to recent actions in state government and academia. At SIU Medicine, equity is a core value. That means

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