The A. Holly Patterson Geriatric Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and approved by the New York State Department of Health. The Department of Psychiatry and Psychology is among the most active providers of comprehensive mental health services on Long Island. Inpatient psychiatric units include two open adult units consisting of a total of 56 beds, one closed unit with a total of l9 beds, a l0 bed child psychiatry unit, a l0 bed inpatient detoxification unit, and a five bed psychiatric prison ward. Interns receive the bulk of their adult outpatient experiences in the Ambulatory Mental Health Service. Psychodiagnostic testing takes place in all of the aforementioned units.
Interns have access to secretarial support and word processors.
In addition to the Clinical Psychology Internship Program, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology has a fully accredited four year Residency Training Program in General Psychiatry. Interns work with psychiatric residents on outpatient cases and in the treatment teams of inpatient units. Instructors for seminars are drawn not only from the Division of Psychology but also from the psychiatric and social work staffs as well as several experts from outside the hospital. Supervising psychologists are doctorally trained, experienced and licensed persons, several of whom are graduates of or candidates in postdoctoral institutes of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy or child studies. Several of the senior people hold university faculty appointments.