Within the clinical neurosciences, the Consultation-Liaison Service is closely integrated with residency programs in Neurology and Neurosurgery through joint clinical conferences and other activities. New referrals are evaluated by interdisciplinary treatment teams for which PGY-III psychiatry residents serve as psychiatric team members. Specific outpatient programs are listed separately below. Originally all patients were hospitalized, but greater experience now permits outpatient treatment of virtually all cases. The program treats adults with diagnoses ranging from anorexia to morbid obesity.
All patients receive nutritional counseling.
Residents' participation in this program is optional, but welcome. This service provides urgent evaluation and immediate outpatient treatment for patients in crisis. The service is staffed by psychiatric social workers, with ongoing consultation from attending psychiatrists and the chief resident. Crisis intervention allows for the diversion of seriously troubled patients from hospitalization by providing immediate evaluation and intervention to stabilize symptoms or social support. Program A multi-tiered substance abuse program includes outpatient group therapy, network therapy, and psychopharmacology at varying levels of intensity according to a patient's clinical status.