The clinic averages sixty new intakes per month with an ongoing caseload of 800 patients, accounting for approximately 1,400 visits per month. Residents have a required part-time rotation in the Outpatient Psychiatry Division during the first and second years of training. A majority of patients are between five and fifteen years of age but patients up to age eighteen are served. The population is 66 percent male with a diverse ethnic mixture. Treatment approaches are varied but include individual, family, group, pharmacotherapy, behavior therapy, and parent training techniques.
Residents have three hours of individual supervision weekly.
All second year child and adolescent psychiatry residents participate in a school consultation rotation that runs concurrently with the public school year. The schools selected represent a cross-section of the San Diego Public Schools including both inner city schools and those on the periphery of the inner city. Emphasis is placed on systems consultation to the faculty, staff, and administration of the school. In-class observations are a regular component of the consultation experience. Individual resident supervision occurs weekly throughout the school year.