Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry
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To train clinicians on a multidisciplinary pediatric consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry service to administer an evidence-based intervention, biofeedback-assisted relaxation training (BART), in the inpatient medical setting and obtain their opinions about BART's utility and feasibility in the CL setting. ⋯ BART training on a multidisciplinary CL service was well received by clinicians and patients and may enhance psychiatry trainees' repertoire of cognitive-behavioral and evidence-based interventions.
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Stigma towards people with substance use disorders is pervasive and imbedded in our US culture. Prejudicial attitudes that are part of a health care practitioner's value system are a barrier to people accessing health care and substance use treatment. This study aimed to reduce stigmatizing attitudes of graduate health care professional students by implementing an innovative curriculum combining multiple teaching methods. ⋯ The persistence of negative attitudes following this and others' educational interventions suggests the need for a new approach to changing health care professionals' stigma towards substance users.
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Recent literature on psychiatry resident outpatient clinic supervision is sparse. In designing outpatient supervision, training directors must balance optimization of patient care, education, and reimbursement. The authors sought to describe current practices for supervision within psychiatry resident outpatient clinics. ⋯ This report is intended to help training directors consider options for optimizing patient care and resident education in their outpatient clinics, while maintaining financial solvency. Ultimately, programs should have a way of ensuring all patient cases have some form of ongoing supervision, with possible modification based on training level, resident ability, patient acuity, and appointment type.