Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (CPSY-MD)

Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry

The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service is an integral part of the pediatric services at Hassenfeld Children’s hospital and Bellevue Hospital. The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service performs evaluations, emphasizes short-term treatment interventions with patients and their families, and facilitates referrals for long-term treatment when needed. The elective student will be exposed to a wide range of child psychopathology and will participate in the detailed diagnostic evaluation that each child or adolescent and his or her family receives. The student will gain an understanding of the treatment techniques used with children, adolescents, and their families through closely supervised opportunities to provide patient care, including individual and family therapy. The clinical experience is enriched by weekly case conferences and didactic seminars. Students will join the PGY-2 didactics on Thursdays in Manhattan, and Psychiatric and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

This elective gives the student the unique opportunity to participate in the evaluation, diagnosis, and the short-term treatment planning for patients in the Bellevue C-CPEP. Under close supervision by the faculty and staff of this service, the student gains experience in interviewing, diagnosing, and managing the acute psychiatric patient. The student sees a very wide range of pathology from adjustment disorders to frank psychoses to complex multisystem illnesses and be exposed to challenges in navigating complex systems of care.ram

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Selective

This is a 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of Psychiatry, though the Child and Adolescent Consult-Liaison Psychiatry service. Students will be expected to gain a broad understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service is an integral part of the pediatric services at Hassenfeld Children’s hospital and Bellevue Hospital. The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service performs evaluations, emphasizes short-term treatment interventions with patients and their families, and facilitates referrals for long-term treatment when needed. Students will be exposed to a wide range of child psychopathology and will participate in the detailed diagnostic evaluation that each child or adolescent and his or her family receives. Students will gain an understanding of the treatment techniques used with children, adolescents, and their families through closely supervised opportunities to provide patient care, including individual and family therapy. The clinical experience is enriched by weekly case conferences and didactic seminars. Students will join the PGY-2 didactics on Thursdays in Manhattan, and Psychiatric and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Elective objectives are outlined below.

This is a 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of psychiatry, through the child and adolescent psychiatry emergency psychiatry service. Students will be rotating in the Bellevue C-CPEP, a clinical program that provides immediate psychiatric evaluation and treatment to all children and adolescents (aged 17 and under) who present to Bellevue Hospital’s Pediatric Emergency Service (PES). In addition, the program also provides ongoing outpatient psychiatric care in the short term Interim Crisis Clinic for patients discharged following their psychiatric assessments not in need of inpatient hospitalization. Students will gain increased knowledge of psychopathology, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric emergencies, and psychotherapeutics that are unique to the child and adolescent population, and become familiarized with community resources geared for youths in the New York City area. Students will have an opportunity to participate in care of youths and families with close supervision from child psychiatry fellows and attendings. Students will join the PGY-2 didactics on Thursdays in Manhattan, and Psychiatric and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Elective objectives are outlined below.

This advanced 4-week elective offers students a unique opportunity to learn about the inpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents from 3 to 17 years of age. Students will be exposed to a wide range of adolescent psychopathology. Students will participate as part of the multidisciplinary team in the detailed diagnostic evaluation that each patient and their family receive. Students will gain an understanding of the treatment techniques used with children and adolescents and their families through closely supervised opportunities to provide patient care, including individual and family therapy. Students will participate in clinical case conferences and diagnostic seminars related to their cases. This teaching unit gives students the opportunity to work closely with the faculty and residents of the NYU Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as residents of the NYU Department of Psychiatry.