Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
The U-M Medical School Department of Psychiatry's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program is a fully accredited, two-year program that accepts six fellows each year.
It has long been recognized as one of the nation’s foremost programs for training leaders in the field.
Its rigorous yet flexible course of training produces clinicians with outstanding skills in diagnostic assessment, empirically-based psychotherapies, somatic treatment and consultation.
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Training Leaders in Child Psychiatry
During the two years of training, child psychiatry fellows spend six months covering the inpatient unit and consultation services and 18 months in our outpatient clinics located at the Rachel Upjohn Building. Throughout the rotations, child psychiatry fellows are provided with protected time to attend the core lecture series, journal clubs and collaborative case conferences.
The program enthusiastically supports residents interested in academic careers, research, and medical education, through faculty actively engaged in diverse research and scholarly activities. Child psychiatry residents may enroll in a research training track that merges research and clinical training.
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How to Apply
Our fellowship program requires that trainees have completed a year of internship and two years in an ACGME accredited General Psychiatry program prior to applying. External applicants are encouraged to apply.
We utilize the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Residency Matching Service (NRMP Match) for all applications. For more information on the application process, please visit individual program websites: ERAS website and NRMP Match.
We begin accepting applications in July. Interviews take place from September through late October.
Why Choose Our Program
Child psychiatry training is valuable not only for physicians who decide to work with children, but also for psychiatrists who seek a fuller appreciation of behavior and psychopathology from longitudinal and developmental perspectives. Reasons to consider the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship include:
- Many psychiatric disorders, including behavior disorders and pervasive developmental disorders, begin in childhood
- Disorders commonly viewed as the domain of adult psychiatry, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, typically crystallize in adolescence or early adulthood with the earliest signs sometimes evident in infancy
- Psychosocial adversity in early life reverberates through the lifespan and most theories of personality development emphasize early developmental influences and predispositions
- As psychiatry seeks a niche as a primary care specialty, the capacity to treat whole families spanning several generations of psychopathology will become increasingly valuable
- In practice, many adult psychiatrists treat adolescents. Those with certificates of training or board certification in child/adolescent psychiatry have a wider range of employment options. Salaried child psychiatrists frequently earn a premium, and child psychiatry is consistently among the most sought-after specialties in medicine
The program emphasizes education and training value above productivity. It also promotes resident wellness and work-life balance.
There is an amazing amount of faculty/staff support, particularly from our program director and administrative specialists. Between exposure to numerous sub-specialty clinics and the ability to individualize my training based on my clinical interests, I feel more than ready to practice child psychiatry in any setting after graduation.
Rotations & Clinical Activity
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry inpatient unit is a 16-bed unit located at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. There are typically three first year child and adolescent psychiatry fellows (CF-1’s) on service at any given time along with rotating adult psychiatry residents and medical students.
Under the supervision of two faculty members, child psychiatry fellows provide comprehensive and highly specialized treatments to children and adolescents with complex and severe mental health challenges.
As a part of the multi-disciplinary team, fellows work in a supportive and nurturing environment while learning the interface between child psychiatry, consultation-liaison service, social work, nursing, education, occupational recreational therapy and nutritionist services. Fellows also have the unique experience of evaluating and treating severe depression and catatonia with ECT, which is rare in other institutions.
For two months of this rotation, one fellow is dedicated to the consultation service, which provides clinical and educational services at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Consultations are provided to all pediatrics inpatient services, including general pediatric inpatient services, pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation, pediatric neurology, and other pediatric subspecialty services.
During outpatient rotations, a full-time clinical commitment consists of approximately 24 hours of direct patient contact per week. Child psychiatry outpatient services includes both general and specialty clinics. Child psychiatry fellows rotate through these clinics throughout their 18 months:
- CBT and IPT/FFT Clinics
- ADHD Clinic
- ASD Clinic
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- Treatment-resistant Depression Clinic
- Infant and Early Childhood Clinic (IECC)
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Washtenaw County Trial Court, Juvenile Division (JCWC)
- University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS)
- Pediatric Neurology
- Psychiatry Emergency Services (PES)
Salary & Benefits
We offer highly competitive salaries and generous benefits to our fellows and advanced trainees. Trainee salary will be commensurate with that of a House Officer at an equivalent level of training based on the HOA contract.
Current Fellows
Meet our current trainees in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. We emphasize teamwork, excellence, and leadership while preparing our fellows with resources to be successful in their careers.
Program Leadership
Sarah Mohiuddin
Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Medical School
Karyn Kitchen
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