Seminars, Meetings, & Field Trips

CAP Theory + Therapy

Director: Paria Zarrinnegar, MD

This seminar focuses on the core features of successful psychotherapeutic treatments of any modality, including discussion of creating and maintaining a therapeutic space where individuals, regardless of age or purpose for being in therapy, feel safe. Relevant literature that helps elucidate principles of psychotherapy and which helps child and adolescent psychiatrists consider novel ways of addressing clinical dilemmas are reviewed. Sessions include reviewing readings, formal presentations, and case presentations.

Specific instruction regarding several types of psychotherapy is also provided. This includes: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy for treatment of Adolescents with Depression (IPT-A), Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Play Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parent Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), and the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) interventions. By the time they graduate, all fellows earn a certificate of completion in Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving Essential FoundationsTraining. Sessions include reviewing readings along with case presentations—which again, with patient/parent consent, often include video-recorded material. 

Read Dr. Paria Zarrinnegar's perspective on Child & Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Treatment Manual by Sabina E Preter, Theodore Shaprio, and Barbar Milrod (Eds.) 

From Cells to Systems of Care: Child Psychiatry with Different Lenses at Multiple Levels

Director: Ajit Jetmalani, MD

Led by CAP Professor Emeritus, Dr. Ajit Jetmalani, in this monthly meeting, fellows present relevant biopsychosocial data and pose questions--from patient care dilemmas to policy decisions--to the group. With a patient/family's permission, presenters often utilize video recorded material.

CAP Journal Club

Director: Zachary Lane, MD

Journal club is held once-a-month. Led by Unity Center for Behavioral Health inpatient attending, Dr. Lane, fellows take turns leading discussion of relevant articles, examining research methodology, statistical analysis, and clinical heuristics.

Phenomenology & Evidence-based Treatment (PEBT) Seminar

Director: Craigan Usher, MD

In this seminar, faculty members and fellows explore methods of evaluation, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and medical and non-medical treatment of mental health disruptions impacting children, teens, and families. The etiology, assessment and means of addressing individual disorders, such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, or Anxiety Disorders are explored over several weeks. In PEBT Seminar, fellows also consider means of promoting resilience in the face of loss and adverse childhood events. Throughout the year (in non-COVID times) we take field-trips to centers that help support young people and families, including the Youth Era Clackamas Drop and the Dougy Center.