Welcome
Department Activities
We are currently recruiting for Anxiety Treatment Study.
Welcome to the Research Center of the Psychiatry Department at Georgetown University website. The division is an interdisciplinary and multicultural center focused on developing and testing the effectiveness of innovative and sustainable mental health-related interventions for low-income individuals and families. Part of the Department of Psychiatry at Georgetown University, its faculty and researchers are in the forefront of both the study and treatment of mental illness. In order to prepare for the future, the department also devotes a significant amount of time and effort to the training of the next generation of clinicians and researchers. We provide training at the medical student, residency, fellowship, and pre-, and post-doctoral levels. We invite you to visit our site to learn more about our history, the faculty, and what we do to increase our understanding of and improve the treatment of mental disorders.
Community Collaborations
Our members include faculty from multiple departments and disciplines within Georgetown, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Cell Biology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychology, Oncology, and the School of Nursing and Health Studies, and other settings, including the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Primary Care Coalition.
Evidence-Based, Community Engagement Process
We have ongoing collaborative relationships with primary care settings in Montgomery County, Maryland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and we seek ongoing input and feedback from community-based clinicians and consumers.
Community Network
Georgetown and Howard Universities Center of Excellence for Health Disparities (CEHD) seeks to build new relationships and strengthen existing connections between scientific and lay communities. Stronger relationships will help move forward development and implementation of evidence-based strategies to improve health disparities.
Take some time to fill out the Community Engagement Networking Survey
News
Huntington’s Disease Care Education and Research Center
Currently enrolling: Enroll-HD
Enroll-HD is a worldwide observational study for family members affected by Huntington’s disease, including spouses. Participants attend an annual study session at where they undergo a series of movement, behavioral and task-oriented tests, as well as a quality-of-life evaluation. Participants also may choose to donate a small volume of blood.
- July 2016: GHUCCTS Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program – Faith Based Mental Health Promotion to Address Black Youth Mental Health Disparities
In July of 2016, The AAKOMA Project received funding from GHUCCTS to focus on quantifying our strategic methods for engaging African Americans in clinical research for youth mental health. The project is an outgrowth of our long standing work in the AAKOMA Lab with Black communities in general and Black faith communities specifically. We are excited about this new project and we look forward to presenting our results in the coming months.
- May 2016: Building Capacity and Reducing Barriers to the Inclusion of Underserved Black Youth and Families for Mental Health Patient Centered Outcomes Research
This is a newly funded project under the PCORI Pipeline to Proposal Tier II Award mechanism. The focus of this effort is to continue our built relationships with patients, stakeholders and communities in the Washington, DC area to support PCOR and Comparative Effectiveness Research with African Americans Our focus is on depression related to trauma exposure in youth. We host monthly team meetings and we have recently developed subcommittees to expand our work throughout the DMV.
Know more about the AAKOMA Project.