Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

December 23, 2024

🎆 2024: a year of stories that made us smile, think and grow

Take a heartwarming walk down the 2024 memory lane. Relive highlights from breakthrough discoveries to patient journeys — and one long flight path.
September 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She was kind, concerned, and had a genuine compassion for my daughter and me.’

Melanie McAfee, RN works in the Child & Adolescent Unit at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
July 10, 2024

As the first face people encounter at Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, Selene Lanier-Henderson promises ‘kindness, a friendly face and a smile.’

“We repeatedly saw her show that same sort of grace and love to everyone who crossed her path. She was a blessing during this very difficult time!”

By Bill Snyder
June 24, 2024

Tanmay Mathur named Vice President for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Mathur will play an instrumental role in the development and implementation of long-term strategies, prepare operating and capital expenditure budgets and perform personnel administration functions specific to VPH.

By Danny Bonvissuto
City University of New York’s Deidre Anglin, PhD, was the featured speaker at the 6th Annual Harold Jordan Lecture. (photo by Susan Urmy)
June 17, 2024

Annual Harold Jordan Lecture addresses racism and psychosis

The keynote speaker’s topic was “Infusing DEI in our Research Programs: An Example Studying the Social Patterning of Psychosis.”

By Danny Bonvissuto
Screenshot of the newly launched news.vumc.org. The homepages features a photo of a 'Donate Life' event and highlights the design of VUMC News.
May 3, 2024

Enhanced ‘VUMC News’ website offers new features

The new site is designed to provide easier access to information for members of the VUMC community, and for millions of other visitors to the site each year.

By Holly Fletcher
May 2, 2024

Leadership Assembly: VUMC Growth Strengthens Communities

Recent expansions in locations, capacity and business lines underscore how VUMC is navigating fast-paced population growth and the financial headwinds facing health systems across the country.
By Holly Fletcher
March 14, 2024

Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital President Mary Pawlikowski to retire

Mary Pawlikowski, MA, MEd, PsyDABD, president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, will retire at the end of the fiscal year. A search will begin for the hospital’s new executive director.
By John Howser
November 13, 2023

Vanderbilt well represented at National Magnet Conference

By Matt Batcheldor
November 1, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center receives a Best Workplace for Men in Nursing Award

For the fourth time, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized with the 2023 Best Workplace for Men in Nursing Award from the American Association for Men in Nursing.
By Matt Batcheldor
October 25, 2023

New award program celebrates improvement work across the VUMC enterprise

Winner's of this year's Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention Pursuit of Excellence Awards were recognized during a poster session and ceremony held recently in Langford Auditorium.
By Kathy Whitney
October 19, 2023

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

By Jill Clendening
May 4, 2023

Workplace violence policies apply to all employees, patients

As aggressive behavior toward health care providers is on the rise nationally, Vanderbilt's Workplace Violence Prevention Committee has recently developed stronger policies to help protect employees.
By Matt Batcheldor
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