At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, we seek strategies and solutions to serve patients, families and communities and be the model of care nationally and globally, for this generation and generations to come.
Building resilience — the ability to adapt, learn and even thrive from adversity — is in our DNA and at the heart of this life-saving work, and it is one important focus for the Center for Psychiatry and Resilience within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
-Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Center for Psychiatry and Resilience Mission
The mission of the Center for Psychiatry and Resilience is to improve and save lives. To do so, we need to integrate world-class patient care, research and education to transform how we understand mental health and treat mental illness. The center serves as a virtual umbrella for programs focused on suicide prevention, addiction, trauma, mood disorders and early psychosis.
Desmond Tutu’s insight tells us that we must seek the root causes of mental health issues from care in acute crisis settings to crisis prevention in our homes, schools and workplaces. We highlight below some of the programs within the center and their relentless innovation in improving care. We can and should do even more. While we focus on certain areas, we are also broadly examining how to help our communities reduce risk and build resilience in several ways, and are grateful for the ongoing support of our community across generations, from children to older adults:
- SOAR – The State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience Study
- Jeffrey Schottenstein Program for Resilience
- Nina and Ryan Day Resilience Fund
- Anne K. "Nancy" Jeffrey Endowed Professorship for Mental Health Equity and Resilience
Core programs at the Center for Psychiatry and Resilience
Addiction Medicine
Led by:
- Julie Teater, MD, Medical Director, Talbot Hall
- Stephanie Gorka, PhD, Director, Gorka Risk, Resilience and Recovery Lab
The Substance Use Disorder Program is a multidisciplinary group dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families living with substance use disorders. At Talbot Hall, we provide comprehensive drug and alcohol addiction treatment services including withdrawal management, residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, outpatient psychotherapy and medication management.
Our program also facilitates collaborative translational research to develop and refine more effective prevention and recovery programs. We are engaged in leading-edge laboratory science all the way to clinical trials. Additionally, our faculty experts take an active role in education, treatment dissemination and in training the next generation of substance use disorder specialists.
Learn more about Addiction Medicine
EPICENTER
Led by:
- Nicholas J. K. Breitborde, PhD, ABPP: Director, Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER)
The Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) at The Ohio State University College of Medicine provides comprehensive behavioral health services to youth and young adults who are showing the early warning signs of a burgeoning psychotic disorder or who have experienced a first onset of psychotic symptoms within the last five years.
EPICENTER’s goals are to promote recovery among individuals early in the course of a psychotic illness; provide support and education to family and friends caring for individuals early in the course of a psychotic illness; and to develop and disseminate improved treatments for individuals with psychosis.
Services offered at EPICENTER include individual and group psychotherapy, medication management, case management, family education and support, assistance with work and school, primary care services and peer support.
Depression Recovery Center
Led by:
- Jay C. J. Fournier, PhD: Director, Mood and Anxiety Program
We at The Ohio State University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health are bringing together researchers and clinicians to develop a comprehensive depression recovery center to provide specialized recovery-focused treatments for patients across the depression spectrum, including those with more difficult-to-treat forms of the illness. Clinically, we provide a comprehensive evaluation and personalized treatment plan tailored to each individual.
In addition to standard treatments, we offer targeted interventions to reduce long-term suicide risk; recovery-focused psychotherapy for challenging depression that aims to restore functioning and engagement in life; Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved brain modulation and fast-acting antidepressant treatments; and a mindfulness-based relapse prevention intervention that can help patients stay well for the longer term.
Learn more about the Depression Recovery Center
STAR
Led by:
- Arianna Galligher, MSW, LISW-S, Director, Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program
The Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Program at the Ohio State Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health is comprised of a dedicated interdisciplinary team whose sole purpose is the identification, education and treatment of those who have survived trauma, and the people who support them.
Since 2009, the program has supported the health care workforce at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, as well as first responders in the community, as part of an effort recognizing and responding to the impact of stressors inherent to working in the field. In 2017, the program expanded to build a patient-facing, grant-funded Trauma Recovery Center that offers comprehensive care to support trauma survivors in rebuilding their lives.
Finally, the STAR Program offers education, training and consultations within schools, nonprofits and the business community to support these entities’ efforts to build and maintain healthy and supportive workplace cultures rooted in the principles of trauma-responsive care.
STRIVE
Led by:
- Craig Bryan, PsyD: Director, Trauma Program; Director, Suicide Prevention Program
- Annabelle Bryan, MS, Director, Military Programs, Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative (STRIVE), Clinical Research Manager of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
The Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative (STRIVE) Program, housed within the College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, is a national leader for developing and testing treatments and interventions to prevent suicide and promote recovery among military and non-military personnel experiencing a range of mental health conditions.
STRIVE faculty and staff provide psychological treatments for those experiencing suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), depression, chronic pain and physical disability, and other associated health conditions.