This is a popular rotation, part of a variety of consultations provided to the Cook County Court system. Our fellows are supervised by board-certified forensic psychiatrists in collaboration with forensic social workers. Slightly less than 10 percent receive psychiatric services. This is a unique population. Fellows provide treatment to these correctional patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting, as defined by the Jail.
Supervision is provided by correctional and forensic psychiatrists on site.
Fellows participate in weekly individual supervision with psychiatric and legal faculty in addition to the fellowship director. Fellows and faculty members participate in routinely scheduled journal clubs and teach in the lecture series of the general psychiatric residency and the internal medicine-psychiatry residency programs. Research assistance is available in consultation with the Director of Research for The Isaac Ray Center. Attorneys provide supervision in civil and criminal law cases pertaining to mental health. Our legal faculty will facilitate participation in Law School didactics on request.