In addition, residents follow some of their discharged patients as outpatients. Each PGY-II resident is assigned one outpatient supervisor from among the faculty. The Post Graduate III year is devoted entirely to the evaluation and care of outpatients under the supervision of treatment teams that specialize in a particular disorder or range of disorders. Each team, led by a psychiatrist faculty member who is actively pursuing research in his or her areas of clinical expertise, consists of a multidisciplinary group of professionals with skills and interest relevant to the disorder to which the clinic is devoted. Residents evaluate new admissions in general and specialty clinics, have responsibility for the continuous care of patients, and become familiar with a variety of structured interviews and rating scales.
Some clinics have their own case conferences and lecture series.
The NEMC Outpatient Clinics integrate both child and adult diagnostic evaluation and treatment, and are staffed by adult and child or adolescent attending psychiatrists. This arrangement facilitates teaching about disorders as they are manifested at different times throughout the life cycle, and facilitates research in those disorders that may begin during childhood or adolescence and persist through adult life. Residents provide pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and long-term psychotherapy. Patients receive full psychiatric evaluation, neuropsychological testing, supportive therapy and family education. The clinic provides comprehensive evaluation, neuropsychological testing, behavioral consultation and treatment planning, pharmacotherapy and family treatment.