Annual Facts
Fiscal Year 2026 was a vital year for us. In June 2026, we welcomed our first patients to the Texas Behavioral Health Center, Dallas-Fort Worth’s first state-funded psychiatric hospital. This new facility will offer 292 psychiatric beds, allow for novel models of care, shedding light into brain and behavior, and provide new opportunities for learners.
We continued to excel in training future colleagues and work at the frontier of knowledge on causes and treatment for mental disorders. These are exciting times and I am delighted to share this small glimpse into our department.
Discover
Jennifer Coughlin, M.D., is studying colony stimulating factor 1 receptors (CSF1R) in the brains of people with virally suppressed HIV with a $4M R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
223
Active research studies
373
Publications indexed in Scopus in 2024
1325+
Publication citations
Heal
Sidarth Wakhlu, M.D., was honored with the Patricia and William L. Watson Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine.
Improving Access to Care
ECT
Electroconvulsive Therapy services expanded to Parkland Hospital
TMS
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation treatments grew by 59% at the Multispecialty Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
FND
The Functional Neurological Disorder program expanded to two therapy groups
Our Sites
- William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital
- Texas Behavioral Health Center
- Parkland Memorial Hospital
- Children’s Medical Center
- VA North Texas Health Care System
- Metrocare
- Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
- Terrell State Hospital
Educate
41
General Psychiatry Residents at 8 Sites
22
Special Track Residents: 9 Child-Adult; 7 Research; 6 Rural-Public Mental Health
35
Combined Program Residents: 10 Internal Medicine; 9 Neurology; 16 Triple Board
29
Fellows in ACGME-certified fellowships: 5 Addiction; 20 Child-Adolescent; 2 Consult-Liaison; 2 Forensic
13
Neuroscience Doctoral Students
14
Neuroscience Postdoc Researchers
43
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students
2
Neuropsychology Postdoc Fellows
1
Autism Postdoc Fellow
4
Advanced Practice Provider Fellows
4
Clinical Social Work Fellows
2
Women’s Mental Health Physician Fellows
100
High School Student Interns
We are the #1 Psychiatry residency training program in the South*
*per Doximity Residency Navigator 2025-2026
People
Faculty, Staff, and Learners*
318
Faculty
223
Adjunct Faculty
213
Staff
209
Residents, Fellows, Grad Students, Postdocs
*as of August 2026
