The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program of Palmetto Health Alliance and the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine is the outgrowth of a unique partnership between academic and public psychiatry. This partnership supports child and adolescent and general psychiatry residencies and a forensic psychiatry fellowship as well as training programs for numerous other mental health professions. We emphasize a multi-disciplinary approach to mental health services, community liaison and public service, while promoting academic excellence and research. The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program is a two-year course of study offering four positions each year. Special areas of emphasis and expertise in our program include training in systems of care, cross-cultural issues, forensic psychiatry, pervasive developmental disorders, and infant psychiatry.
Teaching is a major emphasis of the department.
In the first year, the rich didactic curriculum includes seminars on development and psychopathology. A two-year therapeutic intervention seminar teaches all major treatment modalities important for child psychiatrists. In the second year, an advanced seminar on special topics such as genetics, forensic child psychiatry, and substance abuse is given. A community consultation and community-based systems of care seminar also is given in the second year. Case conferences, continuous case seminars, Grand Rounds, and journal and video clubs round out the didactic program.