Community Psychiatry at UCLA : A Decade of Training
MARVIN KARNO M.D.1,
JOHN G. KENNEDY PH.D.2, , and
SANDRA LIPSCHULTZ 3
1 Director, Social and Community Psychiatry Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 and Associate Professor of Psychiatry UCLA
2 Associate Director, Social and Community Psychiatry Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
3 Administrative Assistant, Social and Community Psychiatry Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
The community psychiatry training program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a two-year postresidency program leading to a Master of Social Psychiatry degree, has been in existence for more than ten years. The authors describe the development of the curriculum and other aspects of the program and give results of a questionnaire returned by 41 of the 44 graduates of the program describing its effect on their careers.
