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Psychiatry (child and adolescent)

Didactics

testimonial note

Zsolt Lorant, MD, Class of 2003 and President-Elect, Washington State Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Year 1 courses

 1. Orientation

2. Clinical and Clinical Research Assessment

3. Community Issues Including Schools

4. Diversity and Cultural Competence

5. Psychological Testing Part I

6. Essentials of Psychopathology

7. Psychopharmacology

8. The Psychotherapies Including Family Therapy

9. Research Literacy: Practice Parameters, Introduction to Psychiatric Genetics, and Current Literature (Year 1 Journal Club)

10. Group Case Consultation for School Issues

11. Advanced Clinical Process

12. Forensic and Ethical Issues in Child Psychiatry Part 1

13. Clinical Neuropsychiatry

14. Trauma Assessment and Treatment

Year 2 courses

I. Advanced Family Therapy Seminar

II. Advanced Psychopharmacology

III. Career Development and Business Aspects of Medicine

IV. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

V. Normal Development 

VII. Psychological Testing Part 2

VIII. Research Literacy (Year 2 Journal Club)

IX. Forensic and Ethical Issues in Child Psychiatry Part 2

Combined year 1 and year 2 courses

A. Emergency Psychiatry Review

B. Psychodynamic Dilemmas in Psychotherapy

C. Biopsychosocial Formulation and Brief Structured Interview

D. Multidisciplinary Case Conferences

E. Virginia Tarlow Grand Rounds at Northwestern Memorial Hospital 

F. Warren Wright Adolescent Center Lecture Series

G. Pediatrics Grand Rounds (optional)