The Ruker 3 unit provides general acute adult psychiatric care with a specialty program in geriatrics. A transitional and partial hospitalization program is present. Residents do four months of consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry service during the PAY 1 and PAY 2 years. With a caseload of over 850 patients per year, the service provides residents with experience in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric problems in patients who are also being treated for other illnesses. Residents on the rotation also staff the University Hospital Emergency Room during the day, gaining directly supervised experience in the diagnosis and management of psychiatric emergencies.
Didactic instruction includes seminars on more advanced topics.
In addition, clinical experience during the second year includes rotations in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and at Western State Hospital. The DeJarnette Center moved into a new facility this year. Residents participate in multidisciplinary patient evaluations and are introduced to techniques of group, family, individual and pharmacologic therapies for children and adolescents. Topics of twice weekly seminars include development, psychodynamic theory and management of specific clinical problems. There are over 1300 acute admissions each year.