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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychology clinical rotations

Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center (SCMHTC)

Located a short walk from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences building at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, the SCMHTC is a 100-bed inpatient psychiatric treatment center. It is a primary training site for UC Davis psychiatry residents, as well as medical students on their psychiatry clerkship rotation. Ju Hui Park, Ph.D., is the supervising psychologist for this rotation. Martin Leamon, M.D., serves as medical director of the Treatment Center. The attending psychologist and psychiatrists on the inpatient treatment teams are all full-time faculty members in the Department. Psychology fellows will conduct brief and extended psychological assessments of patients, provide behavioral assessment consultations, conduct brief treatment interventions with patients, and serve as a consultant to attending psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, and Treatment Center staff.

Sacramento County Adult Psychiatric Support Services (APSS)

The APSS clinic is a short five-minute drive from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. It is also a primary training site for UC Davis psychiatry residents, as well as medical students on their psychiatry clerkship rotations. Mei-Fang Lan, Ph.D., is the supervising psychologist for this rotation. Alan Koike, M.D., serves as medical director of the APSS clinic. The attending psychologist and psychiatrists are full-time faculty members of the Department. Psychology fellows will conduct individual and group psychotherapy as well as providing comprehensive psychological assessments.

Sacramento County Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (CAPS)

The CAPS clinic, a 10-minute drive from the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is an outpatient clinic for children 0 to 18 years of age.  It is also a primary training site for UC Davis child psychiatry fellows as well as medical students on their psychiatry clerkship rotation.  Stacey Peerson, Ph.D. and Shelby Hyvonen, Psy.D., are the supervising psychologists for this rotation.  Joseph Sison, M.D., serves as the medical director of CAPS.  The attending psychologists and psychiatrists are full-time faculty members of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  Psychology fellows will conduct extended psychological assessments of clients and provide individual and family psychotherapy.  Fellows will also participate in a weekly multidisciplinary assessment team evaluating complicated cases.

Minor Emergency Response Team (MERT)

The county Minor Emergency Response Team, located in the Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center, is a crisis unit for children under 18 years of age.  Joseph Sison, M.D., serves as the medical director of MERT.  The attending psychologists and psychiatrists are full-time faculty members of the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  Fellows will participate in brief evaluations of patients placed on involuntary holds as a danger to self, danger to other, or gravely disabled status.