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THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
The Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) training program has its roots
in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies, multiculturalism
and community service. In recent years, while continuing to nurture
this tradition, we have expanded opportunities for fellows to learn
about other treatment modalities and developments within our field.
Our current goal is to provide a broad-based experience that prepares
child and adolescent fellows for their chosen careers. We aim to
help develop ethical, independent, and responsible physicians who
will make significant contributions to the health and prosperity
of children, adolescents, and families by understanding them in
mind, brain, body and spirit.
The training experience is designed to develop and strengthen fellows'
ability to develop a biopsychosocial formulation and implement appropriate
and effective treatments. Fellows are taught to consider different
modalities of treatment based upon the family's request for services,
the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of certain methods for particular
disorders, and the capacity of a child and family to engage in treatment.
The ranges of psychotherapy techniques taught include: intensive
psychodynamic individual psychotherapy, intensive family therapy,
brief and focused individual and family therapies, psychopharmacology,
supportive psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, psycho-educational
interventions, and group therapy.
The two-year training program includes a combination of didactics
and clinical rotations. Currently, eight to ten hours a week are
dedicated to didactic learning. Weekly seminars cover a variety
of topics pertinent to our field, including psychotherapy, psychopharmacology,
human development, and research.
In the first
year, clinical rotations are offered in inpatient child and
adolescent psychiatry, emergency services, consultation/liaison
psychiatry, and eating disorders. In addition, trainees begin their
longitudinal outpatient experience. Finally, the first year fellows
rotate through the outpatient diagnostic evaluation team to begin
to learn the skills needed to conduct both outpatient and inpatient
assessments. For 10 weeks of the first year, time is allocated for
fellows to pursue scholarly and clinical activities of their own
choosing.
The second year
is focused on seeing a diverse outpatient population, and on forensic
and school consultation. One half day a week over 10 weeks is devoted
to learning the tools of neurological assessment, and one day a
week throughout the second year is available for elective time and
scholarly activity.
The Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cambridge
Health Alliance recruits five fellows per year. Interested applicants
should submit an application in writing using the joint application
form of the three Harvard Medical school affiliated training programs
in child and adolescent psychiatry after July 15th. Interviews begin
in September and run through the beginning of December. Decisions
are made by December 15 for the following training year. We accept
fellows only after their PGY-III year of training (or beyond) who
have passed USMLE III. Our program participates in the NRMP match
for fellows in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. We are an equal
opportunity employer and training program and seek to recruit minority
trainees and faculty members who will assist us in providing services
to minority groups in our community.
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