Residency information
The child and adolescent psychiatry residency program is based primarily at
Children's Memorial Hospital. The attending physicians in Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at the 270-bed hospital are an integral part of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
The program's biopsychosocial model provides a flexible curriculum in diverse
clinical settings. It also offers an opportunity for interdisciplinary learning
in neurology, pediatrics, psychology, social work and speech pathology.
Residents master the basic skills of child and adolescent psychiatry and develop
special interests according to their career goals. Opportunities are available
for supervised research.
The department at Children's Memorial logs 20,000 outpatient visits each
year. The children who are treated range from toddlers to adolescents and come
from all socioeconomic groups. Their problems span the range of diagnostic
categories, including ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression, disruptive behavior
disorders, learning disabilities, mental retardation, organic brain dysfunction,
psychosis and psychosomatic disorders.
More information is available here on the Feinberg
School's site.