Clinical Opportunities
PGY-1
Harbor-UCLA Psychiatric Emergency Room
One month full-time rotation for all interns
Entire PGY-1 year spent at Harbor-UCLA
One intern per year
PGY-2
Elective Month Options:
UCLA Olive View - Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Urgent Care Clinic
VA Integrated Dual Diagnosis Outreach Clinic (see below)
PGY-3 and PGY-4 Outpatient Clinic Options
UCLA
UCLA Spanish-speaking Psychosocial Clinic
Multi-disciplinary clinical service focused on Latinx and Spanish-speaking populations
County Clinics
Edelman Westside Mental Health Center (Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health)
Outpatient clinical services including adult and transitional-age youth full service partnership programs (intensive mental health services for high acuity populations)
Twin Towers Correctional Facility (Los Angeles County Department of Health Services)
Largest mental health facility in the world
Treatment provided in specialized high-observation units for carcerally-involved individuals with serious mental illness
Mental Health Diversion Court (Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Office of Diversion and Reentry)
Forensic psychiatry clinical experience involving diversion of patients from carceral involvement to community-based treatment
VA Clinics
Interprofessional Academic Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (IA-HPACT)
Primary care-led collaborative care program specializing in homeless services
Integrated Dual Diagnosis Outreach Clinic
Combines field- and office-based clinical services for individuals with serious mental illness with addiction treatment (including but not limited to medication-assisted treatment)
Community Clinics
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Non-profit mental health program with numerous clinical sites, county-contract agency
Transition-age youth full service partnership Full Service Partnership, providing wraparound services to patients ages 16-25) and AB-109 clinic for individuals on probation
Non-profit organization focused on populations experiencing homelessness
Supportive housing and field-based clinical services based on the Assertive Community Treatment team model
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Center
Non-profit mental health program, county-contract agency
Largest free clinic in the nation
Training site for residents in psychiatry and UCLA primary care programs
Outpatient and field-based clinical services
Global Mental Health Electives
Clinical and Teaching Elective in Tintswalo, South Africa
Piloted in 2017, this elective typically provides two PGY-3 or PGY-4 residents the opportunity to spend four weeks in Tintswalo, South Africa, engaged in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, as well as teaching. Details available here.
Physicians, residents, and medical students from LA’s top hospitals providing forensic medical evaluations for those seeking asylum.