University of Arizona Psychiatry Department

09/22/2026

Dr. Saira Kalia, director of the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, said access to care depends on more than whether a provider is available. (See link in comments.)

09/22/2026

Join us for a presentation by American Psychiatric Association President Dr. Bailey to learn how to identify factors that contribute to radicalization and vulnerability to extremist ideologies and how to apply principles of psychiatric and behavioral health response following mass casualty events.

Details & Zoom link at https://medicine.arizona.edu/events/psychiatry-grand-rounds-domestic-terrorism-us-psychiatry

09/18/2026

We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker for the Oct. 30 Training Transformative Mental Healthcare Teams Conference - Marcos Moreno, MD!

Dr. Moreno will present "Beyond Competence: Teaching Commitment – Lessons in Trust, Belonging, and Stewardship from Tribal Communities, Academic Medicine, and Public Psychiatry."

Details and registration at https://medicine.arizona.edu/TTMHT.

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09/18/2026

to Wednesday, Aug. 26 when University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Community Engagement and Partnerships Vice Dean Celia Valenzuela, MD, offered a workshop on civil discourse for our faculty, staff, and chief residents.

It was a great learning and team-building experience. Thank you for sharing your expertise, Dr. Valenzuela!

09/15/2026

We are thrilled to host Visiting Professor Juan Francisco Flores Vázquez, MD, MSc, PhD this week! Join us for his Grand Rounds via Zoom on Wednesday.

Details & Zoom link at https://medicine.arizona.edu/events/psychiatry-grand-rounds-dementia-prevention-mexico-health-system-access-community-based

09/13/2026

In August, after 29 years of service as a faculty provider with our department, Joanna Katsanis PhD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, concluded her clinical role with Banner Health and transitioned to private practice. Dr. Katsanis is a psychologist who’s clinical and research contributions have been recognized with awards from the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders.

During her years with the department, she also received teaching awards from psychology interns and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows. Her scholarly work has appeared in leading national and international journals, including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, and the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr. Katsanis will continue as faculty with our Residency and Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship programs while expanding her private psychology practice. As part of this next chapter, she will also continue providing psychotherapy through school-based clinics on the Navajo Nation.

09/12/2026

From cheering each other on to celebrating the little things, we love the community our residents have built inside and outside of work! 💙❤️

Whether it’s celebrating a birthday, spending time together outside the hospital, or showing up on race day to support one another, there’s always a reason to have some fun and enjoy our city!

09/11/2026

September is National Su***de Prevention Awareness Month, and in honor of that, our Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line is hosting this vital presentation.

Get the full details & Zoom link at: https://apal.arizona.edu/events/apal-grand-rounds-assessing-suicide-risk-and-implementing-safety-measures-perinatal-mental.

09/10/2026

Join our Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds to learn about the evolving landscape of readily available psychoactive substances plus more!

Details & Zoom link at https://medicine.arizona.edu/events/addiction-medicine-grand-rounds-gas-station-highs-psychoactive-substances-available-outside

09/08/2026

We are thrilled that Anita Adams-Dickinson, PhD — who was both an intern and postdoctoral fellow in our Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program — recently joined our department Chair Dr. Karp’s Brain and Mood Health Lab as a postdoctoral researcher.

Dr. Adams-Dickinson’s research is focused on improving the provider-patient relationship between patients with borderline personality disorder and their primary care providers, particularly for patients with pain- and sleep-based concerns, and on how emotion-based personality traits influence behavior. They will be doing clinical trial work with older adults with treatment-resistant depression with the lab.

In their free time, Dr. Adams-Dickinson enjoys spending time with their husband and fur family, playing video games, writing fantasy fiction novels, cosplaying, and jamming to K-pop music.