The UCLA Public and Community Psychiatry Fellowship’s mission is to improve the mental health of our community by training the next generation of leaders in public service, especially within public mental health systems. We are a group of faculty and staff who are passionate about improving mental health systems through clinical innovations, education, research and quality improvement, and community partnerships. We look to train public psychiatrists who are caring, committed, and creative-people who place the needs of under-resourced patients, families, and communities first.
The fellowship was created to address the critical shortage of public psychiatrists in Los Angeles and across California.
The program draws on UCLA’s depth and breadth of faculty expertise and innovative educational offerings in public psychiatry.
Since 2016, the UCLA Community and Global Psychiatry resident-faculty-staff collaborative has pioneered approaches to teaching public psychiatry in graduate medical education, including experiential learning, community partnerships, clinical care, leadership, advocacy, scholarship, and community service. The fellowship builds upon the this strong foundation.
The program is a collaboration between UCLA and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, building upon the many decades of partnerships between the two institutions.