Faculty

Bailey, Brigitte Y

School of Medicine
Psychiatry
(210) 567-5475
baileyb@uthscsa.edu

Brigitte Bailey, M.D. is the Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Bailey received her medical degree from the University of New Mexico. She completed her residency in General Psychiatry and a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UTHSCSA. She is board certified in both General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Bailey is involved in clinical, teaching and research activities. Her clinical sites include the Clarity Child Guidance Center, UTHSCSA, the KCI Children''s Shelter Residential Treatment Center, two alternative elementary schools in the San Antonio Independent School District, and Bexar County Juvenile Probations Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center. All her clinical sites are involved in the education of medical students and residents.
Dr. Bailey provides consultation to the Medical Director of the Texas Youth Commission as Co-Director of Psychiatric Services. She also provides consultative services to the Casey Family Programs which is the nations largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system, and the Bexar County Family Drug Court which serves families involved with Child Protective Services secondary to substance abuse issues. Dr. Bailey teaches Ethics and Cultural Psychiatry for the General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents. She is a Mentor for medical students in the first through fourth year of studies. She also mentors several African American residents and medical students in several states. She provides psychotherapy and career supervision to residents.
Dr. Baileys clinical practice primarily focuses on the assessment and treatment of childhood disorders. She uses a family systems approach which involves the education of the family, community referrals and the school system. Her expertise is in psychosocial issues and the influence on psychiatric illnesses.
She would like to expand her research experience into community psychiatry.