Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
MSC09 5030
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-272-5002
Forensic Psychiatry
In their second year, fellows spend one-half day/week for 4 months at the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center (BCYSC). The Center is a locked facility housing juvenile offenders, and is located approximately two miles from the UNM campus. The clinical population at BCYSC is approximately 90% male and presents with the multiple psychiatric and psychosocial problems typical of a conduct-disordered population. The patients are referred by BCYSC medical or social work staff for assessment of acute psychiatric syndromes (depression, psychosis, etc.) and/or behavioral problems on the unit.
All fellows receive didactic training in research methodology, participate in journal club, teach (medical students and other trainees), and have the opportunity to do a research elective for ½ day per week for 4 months in their second year.
The academic/research track offers interested fellows the opportunity to devote additional time to research and/or teaching beginning in their first year
Assessments include:
- diagnostic impressions
- development of focused treatment interventions
- initiation of pharmacotherapy.
Fellows see patients both with attending physicians and independently, and receive one hour of supervision per week during the rotation.