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Training Residents to Provide Emergency Outreach Services-A Public/Academic Project

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The Charleston Area Mental Health Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina have collaborated to form a comprehensive emergency service with mobile capacity. The service is staffed by an interdisciplinary team of professionals from public and academic psychiatry. Psychiatric residents are fully integrated into the service. A description of the program demonstrates how such liaisons can promote improved access to high-quality services, while enriching the training of psychiatrists through outreach experiences.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA

    Joseph J. Zealberg M.D. (Assistant Professor and Director of Emergency Psychiatry Services),  Alberto B. Santos M.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Psychiatry Residency Training) &  James C. Ballenger M.D. (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Charleston Area Mental Health Center, USA

    Thomas G. Hiers Ph.D. (Executive Director),  Jackie A. Puckett A.C.S.W. (Program Administrator, Mobile Crisis Program) &  Scott D. Christie M.D. (Staff Psychiatrist)

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Zealberg, J.J., Santos, A.B., Hiers, T.G. et al. From the Benches to the Trenches. Acad Psychiatry 14, 211–217 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341357

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