This is designed as a yearlong intensive clinical experience in the evaluation and management of psychiatric problems related to neurological disease. Special emphasis is given to the problems of patients with traumatic brain injury, developmental disabilities, dementia, and epilepsy. Fellows gain inpatient experience on the eight-bed New Hampshire Hospital Neuropsychiatry Unit. Neuropsychiatry consultations are performed at New Hampshire Hospital, and the stroke and brain injury units of the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. Outpatient experience is gained in the DHMC Neuropsychiatry Clinic.
Faculty includes neuropsychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychologists.
Participation in clinical research protocols in epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia, and traumatic brain injury is expected.