It works collaboratively with SPAN, a community reintegration program. Residents provide services to clinic patients, work with SPAN staff, consult at the Shattuck Homeless Shelter, and work with the Homeless Outreach Teams. South Boston Court Clinic -a Department of Mental Health clinic located within the South Boston District Court, the clinic works with parolees, persons on probation and those with a history of violent crimes. It provides extended forensic evaluations for the court, diagnostic evaluations, ongoing outpatient psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and consultation concerning patients who are difficult to manage in other community clinics or agencies. Residents participate in the provision of consultation to the court concerning competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence, restraining orders, sexual assault and the assessment of dangerousness.
Residents provide assessment, crisis intervention and ongoing treatment for adolescents and adults.
There are lecture series within the NEMC clinics on mood and anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, child psychiatry, substance abuse, forensic psychiatry and in community psychiatry. In addition, there is a year-long PGY III course on cognitive behavioral therapy and behavior therapy, and a conference in advanced topics in psychopharmacology. In the PGY III year, each resident carries at least five hours of patients in long-term psychotherapy under the supervision of two faculty members. The Post Graduate IV year year is designed to consolidate the resident s capacities to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients, to develop new skills in areas of Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry, and to provide elective time for the resident to pursue research or acquire administrative and teaching experience as a Chief Resident. Each resident spends three months on the Emergency Service, three months on the Consultation-Liaison Service, and six months in a personally tailored elective program.