Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:56-59
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
Learning child psychiatry skills on the adult inpatient service
KS Robson, S Cerny, G Adler, A Marks and R Blacher
Integration of child psychiatry training into general psychiatric residency
programs is often unsuccessful. The authors describe an innovative model of
training in child psychiatry that involves the children of adult
inpatients. This model offers several advantages: splitting of child-adult
psychiatric training is avoided, child diagnostic and evaluative skills
tend to be learned rapidly, preventive orientations develop, and family
process is both learned and used. Preliminary experience with this model on
two inpatient services suggests that it is both didactically effective and
economical in child psychiatry staff hours.
