Various speakers provide presentations on topics of interest and lead discussion afterward.
Speakers, from inside and outside of the Department, represent the broad range of behavioral sciences. During the course of the year, the Professional Interest Group meets periodically and informally with different faculty members at the faculty member's home to address issues of mutual interest and those that may not have come up elsewhere in training. Past topics have included the psychologist's role in legal cases, ethical issues, testing of Freud's ideas, setting up a private practice, state licensing laws, attention deficit disorders, multicultural issues, and hypnosis. Additional Seminars and Courses A host of courses are offered within the Department of Psychiatry each year and are available to psychology interns. In recent years, interns have attended seminars in medicine for psychologists, neuropsychology, observed individual and family therapy, group therapy, brief therapy, hypnosis, and professional issues.