The Emory University psychiatric residency program is designed so that the developing resident will become proficient in the full breadth of psychiatric practice. To ensure a wide variety of clinical experience, the residency has been divided into a number of rotations, each of which takes place in a different clinical setting. The program provides seminars, supervision and an extensive lecture series. Early in the training program, the focus is on descriptive diagnosis, interviewing, biological intervention, psychodynamic understanding of individuals and groups, and treatment planning. Principles and practice of crisis intervention and milieu therapy are included during the initial portion of the program.
Psychopharmacology is introduced very early in training, and is expanded as the resident advances.
Concurrently, the psychotherapies are introduced, each in a supervised environment with antecedent didactic material, including individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, and the behavioral and cognitive therapies. Additional sub-specialty experiences include the treatment of children and adolescents and the treatment of addictive disorders. The senior portion of the residency includes administration, supervision, research and social psychiatry. Elective opportunities include research opportunities in many areas along the clinical to basic science spectrum, administrative psychiatry, and clinical experiences in forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, community psychiatry, and consult-liaison psychiatry. The large number of elective months along with exceptional research and administrative opportunities provide an excellent entry into academic psychiatry.