A Representative List of Electives for PGY-IV Residents

• Research at the Clinical Brain Studies, Neuropsychiatry Branch of the NIMH on the St. Elizabeths Campus
  
  Forensic Psychiatry
  
  Advanced group therapy
  
  Advanced family therapy
  
  Teaching residents on training ward
  
  Mother and infant program working with psychotic mothers and their children
  
  Dual diagnosis patients: psychiatric disorders and drug abuse Child and Adolescent inpatient psychiatry
  
  Advanced behavioral neurology
  
  Geriatric psychiatry
  
  Psychiatric work in shelters for the homeless
  
  Alternative individual psychotherapy
  
  Advanced consultation-liaison
  
  

PGY-IV Didactic Program

Community Consultation (Dr. Hung). This year-long seminar elucidates techniques of mental health consultation, utilizing the resident's concurrent practical experiences as a basis for discussion.

The Advanced Psychoanalytic Literature Seminar(Dr. Baughman). This seminar focuses on further readings in Freud, including dreams and dream interpretation, character development symptom formation, narcissism and masochism. Freud's earlier ideas are compared with more current authors, such as Arlow, Brenner, Kohut and Kernberg. The seminar meets weekly for three months.

Advanced General Psychiatry Seminar (Dr. Joseph). This seminar explores a number of issues central to general psychiatry. Ethics, racial and cultural issues in psychiatry, the psychology of women, homosexuality, choice of psychiatric career and the practical problems involved in developing and managing a private practice are among the areas discussed in detail. Clinical examples provided by residents and faculty are used to initiate more general discussion. The seminar runs throughout the year and is led by Dr. Joseph, M.D. and Paul Chodoff, M.D., a senior clinical psychiatrist from the community.

Advanced Psychopharmacology and Psychobiology (Dr. Livingood). This seminar provides an update on biological and psychopharmacological issues in psychiatry. The seminar focuses on treatment of outpatient disorders. A format of assigned weekly readings, group discussion, and didactic elaboration is followed.

Alternative Psychotherapeutic Approaches (Dr. Gorelick). This is a three month course which explores of the expressive therapies including Jungian and the uses of the arts in psychotherapy. Imagery, including hypnosis is one of the topics included.

Psychopharmacology and Psychobiology Supervision Seminar. This Clinical Seminar runs throughout the year. Residents present case material which serves as the basis for extensive investigation. Psychiatrists from the NIMH Neurosciences Center may participate in the discussion of specific topics.

Advanced Child/Adolescent Psychiatry continuous Case Seminar(Dr. Kolansky). A continuing focus on treatment issues utilizing resident presentations of their clinical work (20 + sessions).

Selected Topics in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry (Dr. Kolansky). An advanced course looking at issues of ongoing current importance in child development, psychopathology and treatment (20+ sessions).