URMC Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center is the birthplace of the "Biopsychosocial Model of Medical Illness," which serves as the cornerstone of education and training of students and trainees across the field of psychiatry. With the biopsychosocial model as the core organizing principle, we strive together to develop the Rochester model of psychiatry as the international leader in clinical care, community service, education, and research in psychiatry.

UR Psychiatry | The Birthplace of the Biopsychosocial Model

2025 MLK Jr. Celebration | BlackStorytelling League of Rochester

2025 MLK Jr. Celebration | MLK Community Choir

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Choir | 2024 MLK Jr. Celebration Week

A Biopsychosocial Approach for the 21st Century - The Division of Collaborative Care & Wellness

A Biopsychosocial Approach for the 21st Century

Rochester MLK Choir & Reading from MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail

Tribute to Rev. Dr. John S. Walker and his words on Black Classical Music and Mental Health

Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Service Patient Testimonials

Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Service (CAPHS) Virtual Tour

Excitement | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Immobility / Stupor | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Mutism | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Staring | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Posturing / Catalepsy | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Grimacing | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Echopraxia / Echolalia | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale |

Stereotypy | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Mannerisms | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Verbigeration | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Rigidity | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Negativism | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Waxy Flexibility | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Withdrawal | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Impulsivity | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Automatic Obedience | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Mitgehen | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Gegenhalten | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Ambitendency | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale

Grasp Reflex | Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale