The Department of Psychiatry is a clinical academic department within the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our mission is threefold — to provide excellent clinical care, superior educational programs, and support cutting edge research in psychiatry.

We offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education in psychiatry within the Faculty of Medicine. Our five-year residency program trains the next generation of psychiatrists with help from over 100 faculty members serving the child and adolescent, adult, and senior populations.

The Department boasts a very strong research program and collaborates with researchers from across the street to around the world while the Global Psychiatry Section works in resource-poor settings helping governments and organizations improve the mental health of individuals, families, and communities.

Members of the Department provide expert secondary and tertiary mental health care to the people of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island within the Mental Health Programs at the Capital District Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre.

Find out more about the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University by exploring the various pages of our website.