Dr. Tecott has had a lifelong interest how psychological, environmental, neurological and genetic factors interact to impact mental health. After receiving his M.D degree from the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Tecott pursued his interest in brain function through graduate study in Neuroscience at Stanford University. After receiving his Ph.D. at Stanford, Dr. Tecott completed a psychiatric internship at Yale University, and completed the remainder of his residency training in psychiatry at UCSF. In addition to clinical training in psychiatry, Dr. Tecott conducted basic neuroscience research, using molecular genetic methods to study brain mechanisms through which the neurotransmitter serotonin impacts behavioral processes relevant to mental health.