Human development, the history of psychiatry, assessment of the scientific literature and subcultures and minorities are among the many topics covered during this year. Both core and elective seminars are provided in this year. The clinical rotations are exclusively outpatient, and core seminars focus on the management of the wide array of outpatient clinical situations in psychiatry. Individual, group, family and couples therapies, both brief and intensive, dynamic and cognitive, are presented, along with clinical psychopharmacology from an outpatient perspective. Medical ethics, practice issues and management of special populations, including geriatric psychiatry are also addressed.
All seminars carry both extensive and intensive reading requirements.
By the end of this year, residents have taken major steps toward the achievement of a sense of competence and an identity as a psychiatrist. Consistent with the strongly selective nature of this year, there are no required seminars, but a number of selective ones are available.