Interns in the Adult Track will complete four rotations of 3-month durations. There are five full-time positions.
As our program is grant-funded, Adult Track interns will be provided exposure to the integration of behavioral health and Opioid Use Disorders/Substance Use disorders (OUD/SUD) prevention and treatment services in the Dual Diagnosis Inpatient Unit and outpatient group work in Methadone Program/Chemical Dependency Program in ABHS. In addition, interns can choose from other rotations including the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP); Adult or Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Child Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Women’s Forensic Unit, and Outpatient Integrated. Preferences will be taken into consideration, nearly every intern has historically received 4 of their top 5 choices.
In addition to the above-mentioned rotation work, the intern will also carry a caseload of 5 outpatient hours, including 3 individual therapy cases, a group and a couple or family therapy case. The majority of the intern’s caseload will include adult psychotherapy, although there may be an opportunity for child/adolescent work as well. The intern may also complete intakes throughout a portion of the year through the adult outpatient clinic, depending upon rotation scheduling.
The Adult Track interns will attend a number of didactic training seminars from within the psychology and psychiatry divisions, including weekly staff meeting, testing/forensics seminar, a cultural diversity seminar, case conference, and other specialty seminars scheduled throughout the year.
The ideal applicant for this program will have a range of previous clinical experiences with adults that include or are similar to the following: hospital inpatient work, day treatment program work, work with severely and persistently mentally ill patients, and multiple assessment experiences resulting in several integrated assessment batteries. Furthermore, applicants should be hard-working, have excellent time management and organizational skills, desire work within a fast-paced urban hospital setting, and be interested in gaining extensive knowledge in treatment of severely disturbed patients from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.