Psychiatric Hospital

About Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital

Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YNHPH) provides specialized psychiatric care to adults and adolescents. Psychiatric care for children is provided under the auspices of Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital.

YNHPH was formally established in June 2000 when Yale-New Haven Hospital acquired the assets of the former Yale Psychiatric Institute (previously owned by the Yale University). The expertise of each organization was brought to bear to make Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital a leading center for comprehensive clinical care in the treatment of mental illness.

Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital includes a 73-bed psychiatric inpatient facility and a variety of intensive outpatient specialty programs. All together, YNHPH offers a full spectrum of innovative and advanced treatments to adolescents, adults and geriatric patients with psychiatric and substance abuse problems.

Administration
William Sledge, MD, Medical Director
Sabina Lim, MD, Administrative Director
Leslie O'Connor, APRN, MSN, Clinical Director

Patient care
Yale-New Haven psychiatric staff provide services to all ages of patients, with specialized programs for dual diagnosis disorders (substance abuse and psychiatric), adolescent and geriatric psychiatric patients. See Patient Services for more information.

Research and teaching
Affiliated with the department of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, the Psychiatric Hospital is a center for research and education in behavioral health. The hospital has training programs in psychiatry, psychology, social work, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation and nursing. It is also a research center conducting studies in areas such as:

• Hallucinated “voices”—examining the neurobiological basis of these hallucinations and explores an investigational treatment using transcranial magnetic stimulation. For information regarding this study and psychiatric research being conducted at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, please contact Ralph Hoffman, MD, director of research and education at (203) 688-9734 or via E-mail.
• Borderline personality disorder—examining brain mechanisms producing mood dysregulation. For information regarding this study, contact Nikki Collucci at (203) 785-5043 or via E-mail.
• Substance abuse—innovative psychological and social treatment approaches. For information regarding this study, contact Steve Martino, PhD, at (203) 932-5711 ext. 7418 or via E-mail.
• Mental illness in primary care setting—examining the prevalence of an undiagnosed psychiatric illness in medically ill patients and the usefulness of psychiatric treatment in improving overall health outcomes. For information regarding this study, contact Lydia Chwastiak, MD, at (203) 688-9707 or via E-mail.

Recognition
Annually, psychiatric services at Yale-New Haven Hospital have been ranked in the top 10 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its annual America's Best Hospitals issue. For a copy of the hospital's ranking in psychiatry, write us via E-mail and include your name and address.

Yale-New Haven Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.

Admission information
For more information about the hospital's departments or programs or to make a referral, please call the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital Admissions Office at (203) 688-9907 or E-mail us. See patient admission for helpful information geared to those who are being admitted to the hospital.

Last revised: Sept. 17, 2008 (dh)

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