Research & Training Programs
Research
The Department of Psychiatry has a wide range of research interests and resources.
We have faculty recipients of Federal, State and Institutional research grants, supported
by staff, with years of clinical research experience. We also have active editors
and editorial board members for relevant mental health and substance use journals.
The department is part of several collaborative research groups including: , , Texas Tech Mental Health Initiative, Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Center of Excellence for Integrative Health, and . Our research units include adult out-patient clinics, a child and adolescent psychiatry
clinic, in-patient units in affiliated hospitals (e.g. University Medical Center,
Covenant Health System) as well as community outreach programs (e.g. Child Psychiatry
Access Network and Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine program).
The Department houses a research-grade repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulator
and the residents in our Department have access to a variety of research facilities
located on campus including the Texas Tech Neuroimaging Institute, Clinical Research
Institute, Garrison Institute on Ageing and Burkhart Center for Autism Education and
Research.
We foster opportunities for residents and students to participate in and/or develop
their own research and quality improvement projects.
- Sarangi, A. & Eskander, N. (2021). The Worsening Outcomes of the COVID-19 Lockdowns on Patients with a History of Alcoholism, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 39:3, 342-347, DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2021.1914257
- Sarangi, A., Mkhantar, Z. & Weaver, P. Risperidone-associated enuresis鈥攁 case report. Middle East Curr Psychiatry 28, 13 (2021).
- Sarangi, A., Armin, S., Vargas, A. et al. Management of constipation in patients with schizophrenia鈥攁 case study and review of literature. Middle East Curr Psychiatry 28, 17 (2021).
- Sarangi, A., Deleon, S., Baronia, R. et al. Severe post-traumatic disorder leading to failure of passing asylum interview鈥攁 case report. Middle East Curr Psychiatry 28, 19 (2021).
- Sarangi A, McMahon T, Gude J. Benzodiazepine Misuse: An Epidemic Within a Pandemic. Cureus. 2021 Jun 21;13(6):e15816. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15816. PMID: 34306882; PMCID: PMC8294026.
- Mulayim, E., Karababa, I. F., Akba艧, H., Bayaz谋t, H., Selek, S. (2021). Melatonin Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Bipolar-I Disorder. Archives of Medical Research, 6pp.
- Camkurt MA, Karababa 陌F, Erdal ME, Kandemir SB, Fries GR, Bayaz谋t H, Ay ME, Kandemir H, Ay 脰I, Co艧kun S, 脟i莽ek E, Selek S. MicroRNA dysregulation in manic and euthymic patients with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2020 Jan 15;261:84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.060. Epub 2019 Sep 12. PMID: 31605836.
- Patel, P. (2021, August 13). Dr. Patel, The Psychiatrist. National SAMSA.
- Smathorn Thakolwiboon, Hannah Zhao-Fleming, Jie Pan, Jordan Knecht Scott, Eri Shoji, Gyeongmo Sohn, Mirla Avila; Disease-Modifying Therapies During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Narrative Review of International and National Recommendations. Int J MS Care 1 July 2020; 22 (4): 151鈥�157. doi:
- Ezirim, N., Younes, L. K., Barrett, J. et al. (2021). Reproducibility of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in post-partum depression. American Journal of Perinatology.
- Sarangi, A., Nelson, J., Chavez. M. Impact of COVID-19 on psychiatry medical student education and healthcare delivery -perspective of a smaller size psychiatry department. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Online, May 2021.
- Sarangi, A., Ibrahim, Y. Do positive psychological traits predict treatment response in patients with Major Depressive and/or Generalized Anxiety Disorders? American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Online, May 2021.
- Sarangi, A., McMahon, T. A case of enuresis with the use of risperidone in a patient with Schizoaffective Disorder. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Online, May 2021.
- Sarangi, A., Nelson, J. A descriptive study evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on delivery of care and mental health of geriatric nursing home staff members. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 29:4S, April 2021POSTER NUMBER: NR-17 S121-S122.DOI:
- Bayazit, H., Joshi, A. Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Among Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster 2021 APA Annual Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.
- Bayazit, H., Joshi, A. A Complex Case of Factitious Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder. APA Annual Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.
- Bayazit, H. Delirium Due to COVID-19 in a Schizoaffective Disorder Patient. APA Annual Meeting, Virtual. May 2021.
- Shoji, E., Maveddat, A., Baronia, R., Ibrahim, Y. P63. Delirious Mania in Bipolar 1 Disorder and Parkinson鈥檚 Disease. 31st Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2020; 32(3):e22 .
- Pan, S., Ali, K., Saugh, K., Baronia, R., Chavez, M., Ibrahim, Y. Positive psychological factors and the development of depressive symptoms in medical students. 2021 ADMSEP Annual meeting, Virtually online or in-person at Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA, June 16-19, 2021
- Ali,H., Jacobparayil, A., Siddiqui,A., Singh, A. Baronia, R., Chavez, M., Ibrahim, Y. Association between Positive Psychological Factors and the Prevalence of Anxiety in Medical Students. 31st Annual Meeting American Neuropsychiatric Association. March 17-21, 2021.
- Siddiqui, A., Hsui, C., Worsham, J., Baronia, R., Ibrahim, Y. Cultural Challenges of Matrix Model in Arabic Countries. 2021 APA Annual Meeting, Virtual. May 1-3 2021.
Training Programs
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC:
Duration: 5 months
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This rotation lasts for five months, interspersed throughout the academic
year. The workday lasts from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 months
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This rotation spans over two blocks through the academic year. The PGY1
residents see patients on the hospital medical floor, where the various hospital services
have psychiatric questions. In addition, the PGY-1 resident will be working hand-in-hand
with a PGY-2 resident.
PRIMARY CARE EXPERIENCE:
Duration: 5 blocks
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
Location: University Medical Center, Texas Tech Physicians
Experience: Residents typically have 5 blocks of 鈥渙ff service鈥� rotations in their
PGY1 year which include two blocks of internal medicine, one block of family medicine,
one block of pediatrics and one block of emergency medicine. Residents, while on these
off-service rotations, are a part of the respective specialty鈥檚 clinical teams responsible
for various services at different times including inpatient and outpatient services.
NEUROLOGY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: University Medical Center, Texas Tech Physicians
Experience: This two-month rotation occurs interspersed throughout the academic year,
where psychiatry residents evaluate patients with various neurological disorders on
the neurology consult hospital floor team. Days typically last from 7:30 AM until
5:00 PM. The neurology consult service does not usually require residents from the
psychiatry service to see or evaluate patients on the weekends.
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year,
with residents being on home call from approximately 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, daily
from Sunday until Thursday night. In addition, the PGY-2 resident participates in
Emergency Room consultations for psychiatric emergencies and providing treatment recommendations
and disposition recommendations to either the medical floor, the psychiatric inpatient
unit, or if necessary, discharge with close follow-up.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY UNIT:
Duration: 1 block
Location:
Experience: The PGY-2 resident assists and supervises the PGY-1 residents in seeing
and evaluating patients in the psychiatric inpatient unit and helping orient the PGY-1
residents to policies and patient procedures.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year.
The PGY-2 residents see and evaluate patients on the medical hospital's floor for
various psychiatric disorders. The PGY-2 resident also assists the PGY-1 resident
during their consult-liaison service.
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience:
CHILD-ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a two-month rotation that occurs interspersed throughout the academic
year, where second year residents rotate with a day treatment service providing intensive
outpatient and partial hospitalization where they get the opportunity to work with
an interdisciplinary team providing care for patients. Additionally they have opportunities
to evaluate child and adolescent patients either via telemedicine and work with young
adults in clinic on an outpatient basis.
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a rotation which is divided into two half-blocks. Residents provide
care in a variety of different outpatient settings including rehabilitation facility
where they will observe and assist in patient care. These services include dual diagnosis
clinics and medication assisted treatment programs.
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location:
Experience: PGY2 psychiatry residents will also have approximately two half-blocks
of forensic psychiatry during the year. They will engage in the justice system for
education and evaluation of patients at the inpatient facility at Montford.
RESEARCH:
Duration: 1 block
Location:
Experience:
THERAPY:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a longitudinal rotation where PGY-2 residents will see a therapy
patient weekly for approximately one hour except during the night service months.
The PGY-2 residents will also attend a group supervision session with the supervising
psychologist, who will help facilitate the training in psychotherapy.
OUTPATIENT LONGITUDINAL CLINIC:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location:
- General Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Peripartum Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
Experience: Third-year psychiatry residents will provide longitudinal psychiatry care
on an outpatient basis. This rotation generally occurs at the 香蕉直播 psychiatry clinic
campus.
Third-year psychiatry residents will also see 1-3 therapy patients on various days
throughout the year.
For one-half day per week, third-year residents will see geriatric patients, child and adolescent psychiatry patients, peripartum psychiatry patients and addiction psychiatry patients with the rest of the time being dedicated to general psychiatry services. This will provide longitudinal exposure to a variety of patients throughout the academic year.
Junior Attending Experience in CL:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Covenant Medical Center
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the consultation liaison
service at Covenant Medical Center as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise advanced practice providers.
They are expected to set expectations with and provide guidance to these advanced
practice providers as a part of this experience.
Junior Attending Experience in CL:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the consultation liaison
service at Covenant Medical Center as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise junior residents and medical
students. They are expected to provide guidance and mentorship to these junior trainees
as a part of this experience.
Junior Attending Experience in Inpatient Psychiatry:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: --------------
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the Inpatient Psychiatry
service at Sunrise Canyon as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise junior residents and medical
students. They are expected to provide guidance and mentorship to these junior trainees
as a part of this experience.
ELECTIVE:
Duration: 7 blocks
Location:
- Neuromodulation (ECT/TMS)
- Perinatal Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Academic Psychiatry
- Billing/Coding
- Research
- Board Review
Experience: PGY 4 residents get 7 blocks of elective rotations.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 5 months
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This rotation lasts for five months, interspersed throughout the academic
year. The workday lasts from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 months
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This rotation spans over two blocks through the academic year. The PGY1
residents see patients on the hospital medical floor, where the various hospital services
have psychiatric questions. In addition, the PGY-1 resident will be working hand-in-hand
with a PGY-2 resident.
PRIMARY CARE EXPERIENCE:
Duration: 5 blocks
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
Locations: Texas Tech Physicians and University Medical Center
Experience: Residents typically have 5 blocks of 鈥渙ff service鈥� rotations in their
PGY1 year which include two blocks of internal medicine, two blocks of pediatrics
and one block of emergency medicine. Residents, while on these off-service rotations,
are a part of the respective specialty鈥檚 clinical teams responsible for various services
at different times including inpatient and outpatient services.
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Texas Tech Physicians and University Medical Center
Experience: This two-month rotation occurs interspersed throughout the academic year,
where residents evaluate patients with various neurological disorders on the neurology
consult hospital floor team. Days typically last from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. The Pedi
neurology consult service does not usually require residents from the psychiatry service
to see or evaluate patients on the weekends.
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital, Covenant Medical Center, University Medical Center
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year,
with residents being on home call from approximately 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, daily
from Sunday until Thursday night. In addition, the PGY-2 resident participates in
Emergency Room consultations for psychiatric emergencies and providing treatment recommendations
and disposition recommendations to either the medical floor, the psychiatric inpatient
unit, or if necessary, discharge with close follow-up.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 1 block
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: The PGY-2 resident assists and supervises the PGY-1 residents in seeing
and evaluating patients in the psychiatric inpatient unit and helping orient the PGY-1
residents to policies and patient procedures.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year.
The PGY-2 residents see and evaluate patients on the medical hospital's floor for
various psychiatric disorders. The PGY-2 resident also assists the PGY-1 resident
during their consult-liaison service.
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: General Outpatient Clinic
Experience: ---------------------
CHILD-ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Relational Health Center, Covenant Children鈥檚 Hospital
Experience: This is a two-month rotation that occurs interspersed throughout the academic
year, where second year residents rotate with a day treatment service providing intensive
outpatient and partial hospitalization where they get the opportunity to work with
an interdisciplinary team providing care for patients. Additionally, they have opportunities
to evaluate child and adolescent patients either via telemedicine and work with young
adults in clinic on an outpatient basis.
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This is a rotation which is divided into two half-blocks. Residents provide
care in a variety of different outpatient settings including rehabilitation facility
where they will observe and assist in patient care. These services include dual diagnosis
clinics and medication assisted treatment programs.
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location: Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center, John T. Montford Unit
Experience: PGY2 psychiatry residents will also have approximately two half-blocks
of forensic psychiatry during the year. They will engage in the justice system for
education and evaluation of patients at the inpatient facility at Montford.
RESEARCH:
Duration: 1 block
Location: -----------------
Experience: ---------------------
THERAPY:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location: General Outpatient Clinic
Experience: This is a longitudinal rotation where PGY-2 residents will see a therapy
patient weekly for approximately one hour except during the night service months.
The PGY-2 residents will also attend a group supervision session with the supervising
psychologist, who will help facilitate the training in psychotherapy.
To learn more about the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship experience during the PGY3 and PGY4 years, please visit our program webpage.
OUTPATIENT LONGITUDINAL CLINIC:
Duration: 13 BLOCKS.
Location:
- General Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Peripartum Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
Experience: Fifth-year psychiatry residents will provide longitudinal psychiatry care
on an outpatient basis. This rotation generally occurs at the General Outpatient clinic.
Fifth-year psychiatry residents will also see 1-3 therapy patients on various days
throughout the year.
For one-half day per week, fifth-year residents will see geriatric patients, child and adolescent psychiatry patients, peripartum psychiatry patients and addiction psychiatry patients with the rest of the time being dedicated to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This will provide longitudinal exposure to a variety of patients throughout the academic year.