The seventh floor of the medical center also houses be department of general psychiatry and the research offices of the department of psychiatry, all within a short walk from our offices. A comprehensive medical library is located within the complex. Opportunities for multidisciplinary learning and cooperation are easily obtained, especially with our pediatric colleagues located on the third floor. Services delivered here include all administrative functions of the department and most formal teaching. Fellows have offices in the general psychiatry clinic and see private outpatients there.
Most supervision takes place here as well.
Part of the pediatric neurology experience may be obtained downstairs in the pediatric clinic. La Frontera is the most important site for our outpatient experience. La Frontera is a large, publicly funded organization that provides psychological services to a large and ethnically diverse population. The department provides psychiatric services for 16 hours per week at this site, although each individual fellow spends only four hours per week, and the general psychiatry resident spends eight hours there. Services provided are primarily psychopharmacological, although some consultation is provided, and some staffings are attended.