A commitment to the principle of medical ethics
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Appropriate respect for the mental health personnel
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Responsibility to patients and appropriate concern for their welfare
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Willingness to consider and evaluate criticism/or review of one's professional work
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Commitment to evaluation of treatment results as scientifically as possible
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Comfort in dealing with highly personal and emotionally charged material
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Sensitivity to and tolerance towards different opinions and attitudes
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Willingness to assume responsibility for patient care
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KNOWLEDGE:
Demonstrate understanding of the effects of severely disturbed children on the trainee, staff, family and community
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Demonstrate knowledge of the description, etiology, epidemiology, and treatments of severely disturbed youth with psychosis, severe conduct disorders, personality disorders, destructive behavior to self and others, including suicidal and homicidal youth and firesetters
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Indications and contraindications for hospitalization, crisis intervention, family intervention, group therapy, and psychotherapy
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The medications and contraindications for the use of common psychopharmacological
agents, including dosage, side effects, drug interactions and mechanisms of actions
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Demonstrate knowledge of the continuum of treatment settings for patients discharged from the hospital (e.g., foster care, group home)
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Demonstrate understanding of the roles of the multidisciplinary team and enhance its functioning
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Basic understanding of the milieu theapry and its utilization with patients and their families in inpatient settings
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2.Demonstrate the fundamentals of consultation, including role expectations and the effects of administrative process on the treatment of severely disturbed children
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SKILLS:
Make comprehensive assessments of severely disturbed children with complex psychological, medical/constitutional factors, and environmental factors
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Elicit clinical history from all relevant sources, including informants form the child's community
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Collect observations from clinical interviews and staff observations
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Perform physical and neurological examinations and order special diagnostics test, as indicated
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Utilize psychological testing and educational testing
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Formulate a treatment plan and implement it with a treatment team
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Develop a discharge treatment plan with attention to the role of the family and a range of possible treatment settings
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Demonstrate ability and understanding of the roles of the multidisciplinary team and enhance its functioning
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Treat severely disturbed children in adolescence in a milieu with a variety of treatment modalities, including behavior modification, cognitive therapy, group therapy, family therapy, psychopharmacology, and long term, intensive inpatient psychotherapy
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Evaluate need for hospitalization
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Maintain adequate clinical records, including the assessment, orders, treatment plan, progress notes, and discharge summary plan
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Demonstrate reliability, conscientiousness, and integrity
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Demonstrate consistent interest, tact, and compassion for the patient and his/her family