The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry was formed in early 2007 after the former
Department of Biological Psychiatry was split into the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
and the Division of Brain Stimulation. The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry is engaged in
a wide range of preclinical and clinical research efforts focused on investigational studies
and somatic therapies in geriatric psychiatry. These include the operation of three
outpatient research clinics: Late Life Depression Clinic, Huntington’s Disease Center of
Excellence, and Memory Disorders Center. The department has laboratories for the study
of psychiatric treatments in preclinical models, laboratories and research projects in
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and is about to begin a program in deep brain
stimulation (DBS).