Clinical Sites
University Hospital at Downstate, SUNY Downstate (UHD)
SUNY Downstate University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) is the only hospital in the borough backed by the expertise of an outstanding medical school and the research facilities of a world-class academic center. UHD is licensed for 882 beds and annually provides care to over 300,000 patients. UHB is an 8-story facility with 8 intensive care and step-down units, 12 operating rooms, an adult and pediatric ER, diagnostic and ambulatory surgery facility, and 75 outpatient clinics.
UHB serves as the training site for several rotations during the PGY1 year, including 2 months Inpatient Internal Medicine, 1 month Inpatient Neurology, 1 month Outpatient Neurology, and 1 month STAR Medicine Clinic or Developmental Pediatrics clinic. During the PGY2 year, residents are immersed into the various psychiatric subspecialties and rotate at UHB for one month of Consultation-Liaison (C/L) Psychiatry and one month of Geriatric Psychiatry. UHB serves as the training site for the SUNY Evening Therapy Service (SETS clinic) for the PGY3 residents. This is a resident-run clinic focusing on a psychodynamic approach to therapy for appropriate patients. UHB also offers several electives for PGY4 residents including the Health and Educational Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) Clinic or a leadership rotation on the C/L service to name a few.
Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC)
Kings County Hospital Center has a rich legacy for its pioneering role in medicine.
Today, with over 627 beds, the hospital remains on the cutting edge of technology
and provides the most modern procedures with state-of-the-art equipment. Kings County
Hospital Center operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three
in the borough, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) is comprised of four functional units:
- The emergency room (ER): a 24 hours/day psychiatric evaluation service.
- Extended Observation Unit (EOU): a 24 hours/day 6-bed unit located adjacent to the ER. The goal of the EOU is to rapidly stabilize patients and discharge to appropriate settings who do not meet criteria for inpatient hospitalization but are unable to be safely discharged from the emergency room within a 24 hour period.
- The Mobile Crisis Service: a voluntary service committed to helping families and patients maintain compliance with outpatient treatment and or securing higher level of treatment when indicated.
- The Crisis Residence: a total of 26 community beds located at 2 separate locations designed to provide emergency housing for patients who do not require inpatient hospitalization but require additional social services.
Inpatient Child Psychiatry
Hospitalized youngsters are usually 5-18. For the year 2010, there was a total of 629 discharges form the child and adolescent inpatient service. The average length of stay (LOS) in 2010 was 16 days.
Racially they were approximately 75% Black (Afro-American and Caribbean), 20% Hispanic, 5% other (White, Asian). The major diagnoses are Disruptive Behavior Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder 60%, suicide and Affective Disorder 25%, Psychosis 15%, abuse history 60%. Many of the adolescents have organic deficits, including seizure disorder, cognitive limitations, such as mental retardation and learning disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, including autism. Most of the children have more than one diagnosis and several co-morbid conditions, including substance abuse. Some of the youngsters are referred from courts for evaluation. Many of the children with the longest stay are children with dual diagnosis.
South Brooklyn Health (SBH)
South Brooklyn Health and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, formerly known as "Coney
Island Hospital" provides a wide variety of outpatient and inpatient services as well
as psychiatric crisis/emergency services. A multilingual staff of Department of Behavioral
Health clinical professionals provides high quality, culturally sensitive treatment
to our patients.
Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services
The Psychiatric Inpatient Program (PIP) provides a 64 bed acute psychiatric inpatient program for individuals 18 and over with a primary major psychiatric disorder, including dually diagnosed psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
Unit provides multidisciplinary assessment, milieu therapy, individual and group therapies, pharmacotherapy and medical assessment and treatment as needed. It also offers aftercare planning and follow-up.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center (KPC)
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center provides:
- Comprehensive, integrated services 24 hours per day for hospitalized patients,
- 24-bed Crisis Residence for patients who had been discharged but need to have arrangements completed for residence placement,
- 48-bed Transitional Residence,
- 65-bed Family Care Program with certified homes in the community.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center's community-based outpatient clinics located in Canarsie and Williamsburg neighborhoods provide: assessment and treatment planning; health screening and referrals; discharge planning; verbal therapies; medication therapy; medication education; symptoms management; psychiatric rehabilitation readiness determination; case management; crisis management; clinical support; mobile outreach; family support service.
Kingsboro is an OMH (Office of Mental Health) facility that provides continuous care to the chronic and persistently mentally ill patients of Brooklyn. SUNY Downstate Department of Psychiatry has a long-standing commitment to community psychiatry and serving the disenfranchised populations within our community. We have therefore partnered with Kingsboro Psychiatric Center to provide an educational experience at their site, which includes a one month Adult Inpatient Psychiatry experience for the PGY2 resident.
Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC)
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Brooklyn Campus
The NY Harbor Healthcare System is always improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your health care needs in any way we can. Services are available to veterans living in the 5 boroughs of New York City.
PGY 2 residents have a 1 month rotation in Addiction Psychiatry. Each PGY2 rotates through the Detox Unit, 21 day Rehab unit and Outpatient Services for Addiction. PGY 3 residents work one day per week for 6 months in a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) clinic with veterans, predominantly, but not exclusively with war trauma. They perform initial psychiatric evaluations and follow-up as well as participate in group therapy.
Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH)
Lenox Hill Hospital, located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is an acute care hospital which has a national reputation for outstanding patient care and innovation. It serves as a teaching hospital for students from Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Inpatient Mental Health Services comprise a 27-bed General Psychiatry Unit, Inpatient College-Age Psychiatry Unit, Electroconvulsive Therapy, and Consultation-Liaison Services.
PGY-2 Residents rotate at Lenox Hill Hospital in the inpatient psychiatric unit for 2 months. During this time, residents will cover weekly Consultation-Liaison calls at Lenox Hill Hospital from 5-9PM and will take part in the extensive weekly Psychology didactic curriculum.