Interpersonal factors focus upon dyadic, familial, and group interactions. Sociocultural factors include the cultural, social, institutional, and community systems as well as the environment and epidemiology of health and disease. Within its core curriculum the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers material covering learning theory, cognition, memory, perception, neuropharmacology, social growth and development, epidemiology of health and disease, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and neuropsychiatry and behavioral medicine, as well as training in interviewing skills and assessment techniques. Its elective program includes a variety of clinical experiences and advanced didactics and seminars designed to further the knowledge and skills developed within the basic curriculum. In addition, the department encourages research and other scholarly pursuits by students in areas of interest to them.
Stipends are available for research studies.
With the program's integrative orientation, residents become proficient in psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and community liaison with patients of all ages. Fellowships in child, geriatric, community, forensic, and consultation-liaison psychiatry are available, as well as in substance abuse and various other specialty areas. A one-year internship in clinical psychology approved by the American Psychological Association is offered as an interdepartmental program. This internship is open to candidates for the doctorate in clinical psychology from graduate programs approved by the American Psychological Association. Richard Veith Postdoctoral fellowships for advanced clinical and research training in behavioral medicine, broadly construed, are also offered.