Resident training is also provided in a community mental health center. The Outpatient Psychiatry Service also provides consultation to multispecialty clinics in the area. This very active service offers psychiatric consultation regarding adult patients to all the clinical departments at the Medical Center including medicine, general surgery, transplant surgery, plastic surgery, oncology, endocrinology, neurosurgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, and family and community medicine. Departmental staff on this service work closely with faculty and residents of the other departments. A goal of each consultation is to offer practical recommendations that can be used by the attending physician, residents, and nursing staff for the integration of care provided to patients.
All medical students rotating in psychiatry attend consult-team rounds twice each week.
Sleep Disorders Clinic Physicians in the sleep disorders clinic evaluate and treat patients with disorders such as insomnia, enuresis, somnambulism, night terrors, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. The evaluation procedure includes a general questionnaire and comprehensive sleep history, a physical examination, laboratory tests, psychological test battery, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, psychiatric rating scales, and psychiatric interviews. When indicated, we evaluate patients using all-night hypnopolygraphy in the sleep laboratory component of our sleep research and treatment center. Consultation is provided for physicians throught our referal area.