Psychiatrist Training
- Undergraduate degree - generally in a life sciences major
- Four years of medical school
- Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Medical psychology/human behavior
- Anatomy and neuroanatomy
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Clerkships in all major areas of medicine
- Internship
(one year - primarily inpatient)
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- General medicine
- Surgery and surgical specialties
- Intensive care units
- Emergency Department
- Pediatrics
- Residency (three years)
- Diagnosis and differential therapeutics
- Inpatient psychiatry
- Outpatient psychiatry
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Neurology
- Addictions / detox
- Pharmacology
- Neuroscience
- Psychotherapy (individual, group, families, and couples)
- Application of psychological testing to clinical care
- Forensic psychiatry
- Disability Evaluations
- Research design and methods
- Forensic Certification (fellowship or experience and examination)
- Interface of psychiatry and the law
- Landmark cases
- Trial procedure
- Rules of Evidence
- Competency
- Criminal responsibility
- Reliability of memory
- False confessions
- Witness behavior (spousal abuse, rape, assault)
- Elements of Extenuation
Graduation from medical school requires successful completion of National Board of Medical Examiners step 1 and step 2 examinations. Licensure requires successful completion of the step 3 examination and completion of an internship. Certifications in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry are through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. |
Psychologist Training
- Undergraduate degree - generally in psychology or humanities
- Master in psychology
(two years)
- Normal and abnormal psychology
- Diagnosis - diagnostic nosology
- Psychotherapy
- Psychological Testing
- Extern training in an outpatient setting
- Doctoral degree (two years)
- Advance theory of psychology and human behavior
- Psychotherapeutic techniques
- Psychological testing
- Neuropsychological testing
- Research design and methods
- Completion of a dissertation
- Internship (one year - primarily outpatient)
- Psychologial and neuropsychological testing
- Individual psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Couples and family therapy
- One year of supervision following completion of internship required for licensure
Licensure is by state, with no standardized national examination required for licensure - no standardized examination for forensic psychology |