Emergency Psychiatry and Crisis Intervention Presentation of principles and techniques of emergency psychiatry and crisis intervention utilizing case presentations and selected readings. Clinical, cultural, ethical, and forensic issues are included. This course focuses on work with outpatients in brief psychotherapy. This course covers a broad range of topics in neurosciences, neurobiology and neuropharmacology that are relevant to clinical practice. Topics in clinical psychopharmacology are covered utilizing case material, research, and relevant neuroscience.
Residents are also assigned papers to present to the group for critical review.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Practical training in cognitive behavior therapies concentrating on anxiety disorders, avoidance behaviors, and obsessive-compulsive disorders as well as addictive behaviors. Each resident carries one or more cognitive behavior cases throughout the year. This seminar covers a variety of central issues in public sector psychiatry. Areas discussed include comprehensive care for chronic mental illness, systems of care, continuity in treatment, multidisciplinary issues, historical and political aspects, and specialized current treatment programs and strategies. There is also a focus on cross-cultural issues.