Predoctoral Fellowships in
Clinical & Community Psychology

Training Sites

The Department of Psychiatry is composed of a number of clinical and community facilities, thus interns have the opportunity to work with a broad range of patients in a diversity of settings. The training program utilizes clinical facilities of the Department of Psychiatry - the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC), and Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).

CMHC offers child and adult individual, family, and group psychotherapy, as well as a wide range of indirect, psychoeducational, preventive, and community-oriented services, and incorporates a Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment Service. The Center participates actively with community agencies and organizations in the development of comprehensive mental health services and new treatment and prevention models.

YNHH is a 900 bed general hospital that encompasses the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (Y-NHPH) a 74 bed, acute care, psychiatric facility that consists of four main inpatient programs and a range of intensive outpatient/day hospital programs. Psychology training is devoted primarily to the assessment and treatment of adolescents and adults who suffer from a variety of problems including mood disorders, PTSD, substance abuse and dependence, psychosis, disruptive behavior disorders, and severe personality disorders. Psychology training is provided within YNHPH's inpatient and intensive outpatient programs, as well as within several key medical specialty services of YNHH.

Each clinical facility and its component units maintain an inter-disciplinary approach to clinical and community service as well as to research and training. Mental health professionals and paraprofessionals work together in various service, research, and training activities. A fellow's learning is enriched by participation in interdisciplinary seminars offered within each clinical facility and by the Psychiatry Department.

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