Fellowship Structure

Fellows spend 50% effort providing direct clinical services and/or consultation within public psychiatry mental health settings in need of bilingual/bicultural psychiatrists. The sites may include the Hispanic Clinic of CMHC, Community Forensic Services, other CMHC clinical sites, Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center, Connecticut Valley Hospital and/or other community settings, such as an integrated care experience in a primary care clinic at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Fellows spend 50% effort (20 hours per week) participating in didactics and experiential learning to increase the scientific foundation to address mental health care for Latinx communities.

• Seminar on Recovery-Oriented Services
• Seminar on Forensic Psychiatry
• Supervision with experts in Cultural Psychiatry
• Supervision with experts on administration and policy in mental health
• Mentorship to develop a research or quality improvement project
• According to the fellows’ interest a concentration on Substance Use, Specialized treatment of early Psychosis, Psychotherapy for Latinx communities, Refugee Clinic exposure or other related experience(s) could be arranged.

• Hispanic Clinic, CMHC
• Hispanic Clinic at Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center
• Other DMHAS mental health sites in need of psychiatric care to Latinx patients

Fellows are expected to develop and complete a health-disparities, recovery-oriented project aiming to improve clinical care and safety of ethnic minority populations. They will choose a mentor who will oversee the development, implementation, and dissemination of the findings. The aim will be to present the project at a national meeting and to write a manuscript suitable for publication.