It is a complete and fully integrated program administered and taught by a large and diverse faculty. While most of the training experiences are in Chapel Hill, the facilities of Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC., are fully integrated into the program as are a number of community psychiatry sites throughout the state. Our goal is to effectively integrate the biological, psychological and social aspects of child and adolescent psychiatric theory and practice. We are committed to insuring that trainees are fully grounded in the theory and practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, group therapy, family therapy, crisis and emergency child and adolescent psychiatry, and consult-liaison child and adolescent psychiatry. Acquiring a sound knowledge of human development is stressed.
Considerable emphasis is placed on psychodynamic principles and psychoanalytic theory.
We anticipate that every resident who completes our program will have competence in utilizing a full array of current child and adolescent psychiatric interventions. Also, for those who wish, we offer additional training in neuropsychiatry and research. The first year emphasizes closely supervised training in the multifaceted diagnostic process in child and adolescent psychiatry and in various treatment techniques of the child and the family. With this preparation in the first year a variety of consultative, elective and research experiences can be meaningfully undertaken later in the residency. During the first year, each resident spends approximately ten months on a half-time basis working on child and adolescent inpatient units.