In addition to excellent computing facilities, the department is equipped with a complete sleep lab, extensive biofeedback apparatus, and laboratory facilities for psychopharmacological investigation. Clinical populations and past patient data are available for study under the guidelines of the medical center committee on human experimentation and research ethics. Interns may present their research at departmental colloquia. Rotations Interns gain experience in evaluation and treating adults, adolescents, and at least one child case during the year. Depending on individual preferences, the rotation may represent anywhere from a quarter of the supervised clinical activity to the entire clinical commitment.
Position emphasizes work with adults, children and families, and substance abuse.
West Central Behavioral Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, is a comprehensive community behavioral health system that offers an array of outpatient and community programming services at three locations in west central New Hampshire. Interns will develop competence working as key members of a multi-disciplinary treatment team servicing a broad range of client populations. Extensive training and supervision are provided in the areas of individual and family therapy and in psychological assessment. Interns work with criminal justice, educational and social service system and have extensive opportunities to observe and work alongside psychologists functioning as community behavioral health administrators and program developers. The types of cases assigned, and the allocation of time to different training and programming experiences is tailored to the interests and training needs of individual interns.