Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy Andres Kanner, MD, who is dually trained as a neurologist and a psychiatrist, teaches a course on the psychiatric aspects of epilepsy. Review of the Seminal Articles in Psychiatry William Scheftner, MD, leads residents through a critical discussion of many of the seminal articles in the psychiatric literature. This has proven to be a very popular and exciting course that generates lots of interesting class discussion. In this course, residents interview and discuss the psychodynamic process with Dr. Jaffe, who is a training psychoanalyst. This course is taught by a psychologist on staff who reviews the major neuropsychological and psychological tests used to evaluate patients with psychiatric problems.
Residents present new patients to the faculty and residents for supervision and clinical discussion.
This course is taught by Jim Fisch, MD, a senior psychoanalyst. This course runs for six months during the second year of training. Martin Fine, MD, a staff psychoanalyst, reviews major models of psychodynamic theory with residents. Human Development Residents are presented overviews of the major models of normal human development. This course helps strengthen residents' understanding of the theories, the etiology and the treatment of psychiatric disorders.