Association of Family Psychiatrists

Enhancing family oriented care

Curriculum in Adult Psychiatric Residency Training

This curriculum has been chosen as a model curriculum in family skills by the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. The curriculum includes the theoretical basis of skills training from the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Committee on the Family and the specific four year curriculum for general psychiatry residents at the U of Penn Psychiatry Department.

Click here to view the Family-Oriented Care curriculum

 

Please see these other training resources.

GAP Committee on the Family, Berman E et al. (2006). Family Skills for General Psychiatry Residents: Meeting ACGME Core Competency Requirements. Academic Psychiatry, 30:1 69-78. View full article
GAP Committee on the Family, Berman, E et al. (2008) Family Oriented Patient Care Through the Residency Training Cycle. Academic Psychiatry, 32:#2:111-118.
Lecomte: Merging Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions in Schizophrenia. Behav. Sci. 2014, 4(4), 437-447
Josephson, A. Practice parameter for the assessment of the family. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 08/2007; 46(7):922-37
Academic Psychiatry 01/2008; 32(5):405-13
Lim et al. A Four-Year Model Curriculum on Culture, Gender, LGBT, Religion, and Spirituality for General Psychiatry Residency Training Programs in the United States. posted on AADPRT website
Rait, D and Glick, I. A Model for Reintegrating Couples and Family Therapy Training in Psychiatric Residency Programs. Academic Psychiatry Vol 32 #2 March/April 2008.
Rait, D., Glick, I Reintegrating Family Therapy Training in Psychiatric Residency Programs:Making the Case. Academic Psychiatry 2008 32:76-80
Rait, Douglas. Family Therapy Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Programs. Academic Psychiatry 2012 36:448-451
Riebschleger, J., Scheid, J., Luz, C., Mickus, M., Liszewski, C., & Eaton, M. (2008). How are the experiences of families of patients with mental illness reflected in medical education guidelines? Academic Psychiatry, 32(2), 119-126.

Training Programs in Family Psychiatry

Today, with the rise in the popularity of psychopharmacology and the promise of biological interventions, there are fewer opportunities for family systems training within psychiatric residency programs. In order to receive family systems training, a psychiatrist may decide to enroll in an independent family training institute, such as the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York. However, there are still some psychiatric residency programs that consider learning to work with families to be an essential psychotherapeutic skill.

Psychiatric training in family therapy

Dr. Ellen Berman, president of the Association of Family Psychiatrists, recently asked family psychiatrists to indicate psychiatric residency programs offering family systems training. Nine programs were identified. Here is a description of each program and contact information:

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Family Treatment in Medical Education

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Judith Katz, NYU School of Medicine

I’m a fourth year medical student with a strong interest in working with the families of adults with SMI. I’ve been somewhat surprised to find that many within psychiatry are intrigued by my early interest in working with families. Perhaps this is because the literature suggests that mental health professionals do not value interactions with families enough to overcome the many obstacles to substantive interactions. Medical students often have more time than other clinicians to engage in extensive conversations with their patients’ families. [Read more…]

Family Treatment in Medical Education

judith

Judith Katz, NYU School of Medicine

I’m a fourth year medical student with a strong interest in working with the families of adults with SMI. I’ve been somewhat surprised to find that many within psychiatry are intrigued by my early interest in working with families. Perhaps this is because the literature suggests that mental health professionals do not value interactions with families enough to overcome the many obstacles to substantive interactions. Medical students often have more time than other clinicians to engage in extensive conversations with their patients’ families. [Read more…]

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