Goals and Objectives

GOALS & OBJECTIVES : PERSONALITY DISORDERS CLINIC

Goals:

To serve in the role as the primary psychiatrist, with attending backup on site, for 40 patients with personality disorders and comorbid disorders
To coordinate care and treatment plans with the patients, primary care doctors, psychotherapists, and social workers
To conduct intake interviews thereby establishing diagnoses, generating problem lists and treatment plans, as well as initiating treatement for patients with personality disorders and comorbid disorders
To integrate recent advances in our understanding of personality psychopathology in treatment planning
Conduct supportive psychotherapy for select patients who are currently going undergoing crises, going through transitions, or otherwise are appropriate for these services.

Learn about range of medication optons for patients with personality disorders and comorbid disorders
Learn to monitor weight gain and metabolic issues of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications
Learn to generate short and long term treatment plans for patients, how to communicate them to patients and families, and modify them based on patient feedback.

Rotations and Clinics Goals and Objectives