William Hurt Sledge MD

George and Esther Gross Professor of Psychiatry; Psychiatry, Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs and Program Development; Medical Director, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital

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Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Global Health Initiative: Social & Behavioral Health

MacMillan Center

Psychiatry: Adult Psychiatry

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Research Interests

Adaptation to chronic illness including physical and psychiatric; Resilience and quality of life in special populations such as POWs and medically ill patients; Quality improvement; Cost effectiveness in behavioral medicine programs

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Clinical Interests

Psychotherapy; Psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Brief psychotherapy; Hospital psychiatry; Aeromedical consultations; Behavioral medicine; Schizophrenia