Residency Training Program in Psychiatry

Residency Training Program
in Psychiatry

Advanced Residency Training

Addiction Psychiatry Program Philosophy, Goals and Objectives

The purpose of the Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program is to provide advanced (PGY-5 and beyond) training in the evaluation, treatment, research, and teaching of substance abuse. At the end of the training year, the addiction psychiatry resident should be well prepared to sit for the specialty board examination and function independently as an addiction psychiatrist and at the consultant level.

Addiction psychiatry residents will have supervised clinical experience with adolescent and adult substance abusing individuals with a full range of co-morbid psychopathologies and substances of abuse. They will provide assessment and consultation services for the purpose of evaluating the presence and degree of co-morbid psychopathology, the need for psychotropic medication to better manage substance abuse and psychiatric symptoms, and suitability of the patient for treatment with various types (e.g., individual vs. group) and intensities (e.g., outpatient vs. inpatient) of psychosocial services. Addiction psychiatry residents will provide the full range of psychosocial services including individual, group and family therapy of brief and longer duration and under psychotherapy supervision in a variety of theoretical orientations. They will also become significantly involved in one or more areas of research. Thus, residents will develop the various skills necessary to function independently as a consultant in the field of addiction psychiatry.

For those residents interested in research or in pursuing an academic career, they have the opportunity to develop, implement, and conduct a substance abuse-related research project under a faculty mentor and present the results at a scientific meeting and/or submit for publication. Addiction psychiatry residents will work closely with faculty who are leaders in the field of substance abuse research. They will become centrally involved in at least one ongoing research project or one of their own design. In the context of this involvement they will learn about issues related to research design, the ethical and professional conduct of scientific research, the peer review process, human subjects, and communication of scientific results to colleagues. It is expected that, with faculty input, they may develop a project that can be reasonably completed within the twelve-month training period and submitted for presentation or publication.

To Apply Contact:

Ismene Petrakis, M.D.
Firm Director, Substance Abuse
Connecticut Mental Health Center
VA Health Care Administration #116A
950 Campbell Ave.
West Haven, CT 06516
203-932-5711 ext. 2476
ismene.petrakis@yale.edu

Yale is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minority group members are encouraged to apply.

Application information is available here

Last modified: January 14, 2008