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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
RESIDENCY PROGRAM

University Hospitals Health System

University Hospitals of Cleveland

 

FELLOWSHIPS

Addiction Psychiatry

Fellows in Addiction Psychiatry benefit from supervised clinical experience in hospital and community-based, inpatient, partial hospital, outpatient and consultative settings.

Fellows participate in a structured academic curriculum emphasizing knowledge of signs and symptoms of use and abuse; sequelae and management of addictive disorders utilizing psychosocial, pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic interventions.

Opportunities are available for research and academic development, including independent or collaborative research, teaching and supervision, curriculum development and other academic projects.

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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This two-year fellowship program is dedicated to the training of motivated and well-educated child and adolescent psychiatrists who will graduate with a comprehensive understanding of human development, of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, and of the evidence-based treatment modalities for those psychiatric disorders. The large number of faculty and extensive clinical experiences insure a comprehensive training.

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Community Psychiatry

The Community and Public Psychiatry Division includes the “Public Academic Liaison (PAL) Program,” a county-based clinical service and teaching program; the state-supported “Mental Health Executive Leadership Program,” a year-long business and administration training program for mental health professionals; and the annual “All-Ohio Institute on Community Psychiatry,” a multidisciplinary continue education event dedicated to community mental health services.

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Forensic Psychiatry

The Forensic fellowship is designed to train psychiatrists in law and psychiatry who will devote their careers to practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry. Although the program presents a firm theoretical background, its major strength lies in teaching the pragmatic skills of performing evaluations, detecting malingering, writing forensic reports, and giving effective court testimony.

Fellows take courses at CWRU Law School and participate in a seminar on Landmark Mental Health Law Cases. Clinical experience in a criminal court psychiatric clinic, juvenile court psychiatric clinic, mentally disordered offenders program, and inpatient forensic unit are individually tailored to the interests of each fellow. Additional Information.

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Geriatric Psychiatry

The Geriatric fellowship provides subspecialty training in psychiatric problems associated with aging. The geriatric program offers treatment for older adults with behavioral and mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, psychoses and psychosomatic problems. The neuropsychiatry program emphasizes the interaction between the brain and the mind, providing comprehensive assessment and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders associated with brain diseases, such as delirium, dementia, cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) and tumors.

This program emphasizes the biopsychosocial approach to patient management, with treatment methods including medications, electroconvulsive therapy, behavioral, milieu, individual and group therapies. Additional Information.

Post Pediatric Portal Project

This new and innovative 3 year pilot program was announced in 2007 by the Residency Review Committee of the ACGME. It provides training in general and child/adolescent psychiatry for Board Eligible and Board Certified pediatricians who decide to retrain in psychiatry. The Portal Project provides a 36 month training experience that meets requirements for Board Certification in both general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry. Please click here for more information

Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship

This one-year, PGY-5 fellowship provides comprehensive training in psychosomatic medicine through supervised clinical experience on the inpatient consultation service, in the emergency department , and in a variety of outpatient medical/surgical liaison clinics. As the primary affiliate of Case School of Medicine, University Hospitals provides a rich academic and educational environment. Please click here for more information

Research: Bipolar Disorder Research Training Across the Life Span

The NIMH awarded its first Intervention and Services Research Center dedicated to bipolar disorder across the life span to the Case School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. The research center conducts projects that bridge science and service and improve clinical outcomes in underserved populations. These include persons of all ages with particular emphasis on children and adolescents, patients receiving care within the community mental health system, those who are abusing alcohol and/or drugs and youths who have been involved in the juvenile justice system. Additional Information.

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