PSY - 793 Child Psychiatry

In this course, students will work with the treatment teams of the 4 Kellogg Child Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, the Rush Therapeutic Day School, the Medication Clinic, a residential treatment center for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students and outpatient services for children and adolescents. Students attend seminars in child development, psychopathology, psychopharmacology and therapeutic modalities. Students participate in multidisciplinary staffing’s case conferences, departmental grand rounds and the journal club. Optional experience in school consultation at a therapeutic school for autistic children, and forensic consultant at the Juvenile Detention Center is available. Students are supervised by faculty members and child psychiatry fellows. Elective Retake Counts for Credit: Yes. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: Yes. Credit(s): 4