Child Psychiatry

Catalog description

During this elective, students will have the opportunity to participate in some or all of the following clinical activities: 1) school-based mental health treatment for complex behavioral and emotional disorders; 2) Tulane Parent Education Program – outpatient treatment of children and adolescents and their biological or foster families; 3) Psychiatric Consult/Liaison - consultation in the Tulane ER, Tulane pediatrics and school-based clinics in various Louisiana parishes; 4) Community mental health clinics providing outpatient treatment. Students will also attend Child Psychiatry didactics one day each week, along with clinical case conferences and seminars. Students are able to select a curriculum of varied clinical sites for a broad exposure to child psychiatry or may choose a more intense focused experience. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.