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Locations of forensic psychiatry fellowship programs in the United States.
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Eugene Balcanoff Ames Robey Howard Davidman Robert Sadoff Seymour Halleck Joseph Satten Melvin Heller John Suarez Jonas Rappeport Herbert E. Thomas - Table 2
The Five Fastest Growing Medical Specialties by Percentage of New Training Programs (2013–2018)
Specialty Total Programs in 2018, n 5-Year Increase, % (n) Emergency medicine 231 40.9% (67) Internal medicine 529 33.9% (139) Psychiatry 248 31.9% (60) Family medicine 620 31.6% (149) Dermatology 138 20.0% (23) From Ref. 26.
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The Growth of Psychiatry Subspecialties by Percentage of New Training Programs (2013–2018)
Subspecialty Total Programs in 2018, n 5-Year Increase, % (n) Forensic psychiatry 47 20.5% (8) Consultation-liaison psychiatry 61 13.0% (7) Child and adolescent psychiatry 138 12.2% (15) Geriatric psychiatry 60 7.1% (4) Addiction psychiatry 49 6.5% (3) From Ref. 26.
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Complement of Approved Positions and Filled Positions by Psychiatry Subspecialty (2018–2019)
Subspecialty Total Programs, n Approved Positions, n Filled Positions, n Percent Filled, % Addiction psychiatry 50 132 85 64.4 Child and adolescent psychiatry 140 1132 883 78.0 Consultation-liaison psychiatry 62 144 78 54.2 Forensic psychiatry 48 127 73 57.5 Geriatric psychiatry 61 157 55 35.0 From Ref. 28.
Establishing a working relationship with correctional officers who have no medical training Understanding custody levels Managing boundaries Balancing patient confidentiality with the facility's security needs Providing quality psychiatric care with formulary restrictions Understanding prison culture Dealing with medication diversion, including medications uniquely abused in correctional settings Advocating for patient needs in a system that is inherently not designed as a therapeutic milieu From Refs. 26, 39.
Psychiatry Subspecialty Pass Rate, % Addiction psychiatry 96 Child and adolescent psychiatry 75 Forensic psychiatry 94 Geriatric psychiatry 85 Psychosomatic medicine (consultation-liaison) 85 From Ref. 45, 46.
