Community Psychiatry and Interagency Work
During both years and in each of the outpatient, inpatient and partial hospital rotations, residents are expected to work closely with a variety of other professionals in the hospital and in the community. They will frequently consult with teachers, the courts, social agencies, clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational and physical therapists, speech and language therapists, audiologists, nurses and other physicians. The multidisciplinary approach to childhood and adolescent disorders is a crucial part of the child and adolescent psychiatry training in this program.

Principles of primary and secondary prevention and other aspects of community psychiatry are taught in the Social and Community Psychiatry Seminar. The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist as teacher of parents, the lay population and other professionals is also emphasized in the seminar and in all components of supervised interdisciplinary work.