Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program is an accredited two-year training program, approved for 14 residents. Residents typically enter the program after completion of three or four years of general psychiatry training. The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry believes a well-trained child psychiatrist is adept at understanding children from a biopsychosocial model. Residents are trained to integrate knowledge of biological and genetic influences with individual and family dynamics in a cultural context.
Training is offered in all the major treatment modalities used for children.
Specialty supervisors are available for residents interested in research, forensics, pharmacology, childhood trauma, developmental disorders, family, group, dynamic, cognitive-behavioral therapy and administrative psychiatry. The training program utilizes formal classes and seminars, grand rounds, individual supervision, group supervision, observation sessions, and case conferences. The formal teaching program begins with an intensive two-month overview of child and adolescent psychiatry. Residents are encouraged to become active life-long learners and to develop their own teaching skills. They are expected to teach and supervise medical students, adult residents and other professionals throughout the residency program.