PGY-2 Seminars

Using what you learn in the Case Formulation seminar, you will independently watch a movie the instructor selects, choose a character and write a case formulation for this character. The instructor reviews these and the full group discusses them.

Beginning with an overview of the history of substance abuse in the United States, the seminar focuses on assessing and managing commonly abused substances, emphasizing long-term management and treatment.

This series introduces you to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and brain receptors. You will discuss the major classes of medications—antipsychotic medications, mood stabilizers, benzodiazepines and others—covering their mechanisms of action, side effect profiles and indications for treatment.

In this seminar, you will be introduced to the definition and purpose of case formulation. You will learn to create a psychodynamic case formulation by exploring the psychological, biological, social and spiritual factors that influence an individual’s behavior. You will participate in practice exercises and learn a basic format to write case formulations.

This seminar focuses on assessing and treating patients in the emergency room setting. You will learn techniques to assess and manage agitated patients and to recognize and treat acute withdrawal syndromes. You will also discuss common medical causes of behavioral problems and the legal aspects of psychiatric evaluation and treatment.

This seminar builds on the material covered in your PGY-1 year, covering topics such as boundary keeping, confidentiality, the informed consent process and evaluating capacity. You will be encouraged to present and discuss real-life cases you have encountered.

Introduces core concepts of CBT, such as exploring the connection among thoughts, emotions and behaviors; examining automatic thoughts and core beliefs; using cognitive conceptualization diagrams, and challenging dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors. Clinical vignettes and videotaped segments of patient sessions with CBT experts illustrate techniques and are supplemented by reading assignments and discussion.

This seminar teaches you how brain biology, chemistry and physiology relate to normal cognition, emotion and behavior, as well as neuropsychiatric disease states. It emphasizes bedside neuropsychiatric examination techniques.

This seminar helps you learn how to evaluate clinical and research literature and develop a research project. It focuses on topics including understanding validity and reliability, generating hypotheses, study design and techniques for data analysis.

Introduces the theory, techniques, inclusion criteria and goals of crisis intervention therapy in the context of the field’s history, current research and future trends. Role playing and case presentations (hypothetical and real) illustrate practical applications and generate discussion.