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Concern about a symptom turns into cyberchondria when worry persists even with reassurance, according to Dr. Christopher Pittenger, a professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and director of the Yale OCD Research Clinic. A patient might go to a doctor after seeing concerning information online, be reassured there’s nothing to worry about, and then continue searching for answers to ease their anxiety.
- May 06, 2026
The Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Accountability, Respect, Community, and Humanity (ARCH) Domain #3 hosted its fourth Leadership Pathway Meet and Greet event on April 23.
- May 05, 2026
Bridgeport Hospital’s REACH IOP program was honored as one of two finalists for the Association of Ambulatory Behavioral Health's (AABH) 2026 Program of the Year at the AABH annual conference in Las Vegas in May 2026.
- April 13, 2026Source: National Geographic
“This expanded integration of information across regions of the brain may be how (psychedelic therapy) can break down rigid cognitive patterns and increase flexibility of thought ...” Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry told National Geographic in a recent interview about psychedelics.
- March 28, 2026Source: Earth.com (with Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD)
At Yale School of Medicine, Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, and colleagues documented sharp symptom reductions within 48 hours among those given psilocybin, while scores in the comparison group remained largely unchanged.
- February 13, 2026Source: Yale Divinity School
A working group led by faculty from the Yale Department of Psychiatry and Yale Divinity School has convened an ongoing series of conversations exploring connections between religious practice and mental health care. The leaders from psychiatry include Anna Yusim, MD, and Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD.
- July 16, 2025Source: Yale Ventures
The Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale University announces the recipients of its 2025 awards, recognizing outstanding, translationally focused research projects that aim to accelerate novel diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and technological innovations in autoimmunity.
- May 13, 2025Source: Nature Genetics
A genome-wide analyses in Nature Genetics identified 30 independent loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder, highlighting genetic overlap with other psychiatric disorders and implicating putative effector genes and cell types contributing to its etiology. Marco Galimberti, PhD, associate research scientist, is co-first author.
- March 24, 2025
Angelina Spicer, a stand-up comic, producer, writer, and self-described “accidental activist,” was honored March 22, 2025 with the Yale Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Advocacy Award.
- March 18, 2025
Christopher J. Pittenger, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry, has been awarded a Distinguished Investigator Grant by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).