Careers in Psychiatry

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services is one of the nation’s leading correctional health care systems in quality of and innovations to care, and access from pre-arraignment through compassionate release. Approximately 25% of new admissions to New York City jails each year receive mental health care. This service offers safe, holistic, evidence-based therapeutic interventions for a range of mental health issues, from serious mental illness to the struggles of incarceration.

Services

• 24-hour On-Call Psychiatry
• Creative Arts Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training
• Facility Clinics
• Integrated Re-Entry Services
• Partnerships with Training Institutions Citywide
• Specialty Housing
• Substance Use Treatment

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health delivers compassionate and comprehensive mental health services in a vibrant and diverse urban environment. Gotham Health's community-based practices aim to enhance patients' health and well-being, focusing on the prevention, treatment, and management of ongoing health conditions.

Services

• Evaluation, treatment and provision of direct care to patients in the clinic setting
• Clinical guidance to other members of the healthcare team
• Performance improvement and quality management projects
• Work in tandem with other physicians in the center to provide the best possible care

NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Department of Psychiatry provides psychological evaluation, testing, and treatment to individuals, groups, families, and couples.

Services

• Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

• Adult Outpatient Clinic

• Chemical Dependency Outpatient Treatment Program

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic

• Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

• Consultation Liaison Services

• CSS Harlem Rehabilitation Program

• Family and Youth Intervention Program

• Mobile Crisis Unit

• Substance Use Disorders Treatment

Academic Affiliation

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Department of Psychiatry employs evidenced-based best practices in providing the highest quality care to its patients, in a patient-centered approach that is respectful of their individuality, culture, and community.

Services

• Adult Ambulatory Practice

• Adult Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

• Assertive Community Treatment Program

• Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center

• Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

• Consultation Liaison Service

• Harm Reduction/Recovery Program

• Inpatient Behavioral Health

• Mobile Crisis Unit

Academic Affiliation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Behavioral Health Center provides a complete range of mental health, opioid treatment, and substance use disorder services. The team consists of clinical psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, internists, nurses, social workers, peer and addiction counselors, activity therapists, and others who provide care in a compassionate, safe, and secure environment. Patients receive a personalized assessment and treatment plan tailored to their specific needs, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery and health management.

Services

• Adult Behavioral Health Outpatient Program

• Chemical Dependency Outpatient Treatment

• First Episode Psychosis program

• Individual, Group and Family Psychotherapy

• Inpatient and Outpatient Services for Adults and Children

• Inpatient Extended Care Unit – focusing on the needs of our homeless patients and prevent recidivism

• Ketamine Assisted Therapy

• Personalized Assessments and Treatment Plans

• Psychoeducation, Group Therapy, and Activity Therapy

• Psychopharmacology

• Specialized Unit for People with Intellectual Disability

• Substance Use Disorders Treatment

Academic Affiliation

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Department of Psychiatry provides comprehensive mental health services to individuals and families. The department is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of clinical psychiatrists, licensed clinical psychologists, nurses and social workers who work in collaboration to develop recovery plans tailored to meet the clients’ individual needs. Lincoln offers a variety of state-of-the-art substance use treatment services across all care settings including consultation, medication assisted therapies and ongoing treatment modalities through the Lincoln Recovery Center.

Services

• Consultation Liaison Services

• Inpatient and Outpatient Services for Adults, Adolescents, and Children

• Mentally Ill Chemically Addicted (MICA) Services

• Mobile Crisis Unit

• Psychiatry Emergency Department

• Recovery Center

Academic Affiliation

Weill Medical College of Cornell

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Department of Psychiatry is at the forefront of providing compassionate and comprehensive mental health services in a dynamic and diverse urban setting. The Behavioral Health Pavilion, one of the largest mental health facilities in New York City, offers a wide array of individualized treatment services provided by psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed mental health counselors, licensed social workers, and other masters-level practitioners.

Services

• Adult and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Units

• Adult and Child Ambulatory Programs

• Psychiatric Emergency Department

• Substance Use Disorders Treatment

Academic Affiliation

New York Medical College

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Department of Psychiatry includes inpatient psychiatric care, addiction treatment, and outpatient emotional and mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. North Central Bronx offers a comprehensive continuum of consultative, inpatient, ambulatory, and emergency services for people with mental health and substance abuse disorders.

Services

• Adult Outpatient Service
• Assertive Community Treatment Program (ACT Team)
• Consultation Liaison Services
• Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
• Harm Reduction/Recovery Program
• Partial Day Hospital Program
• Psychiatric Emergency Department
• Satellite Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

Academic affiliation

James J. Peters VA Medical Center

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Department of Behavioral Health is comprised of a vibrant and dynamic multidisciplinary staff. South Brooklyn Health and its new state-of-the-art Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital features world-class emergency care, including psychiatric emergency service. The psychiatric units utilized evidence-based design and an intentionally curated selection of artwork culled from the NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine public collection.

Services

• Assertive Community Treatment Program

• Individual and Group Rehabilitative Services

• Medically Supervised Outpatient Treatment for Addiction

• Outpatient Ancillary Withdrawal Services

• Outpatient Services for Adults and Children

Academic affiliations

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine