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As we embark on our 14th academic year we welcome you to the Residency Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at SUNY at Buffalo. The Department of Psychiatry is now led by Steven Dubovsky, M.D., and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Residency Training Program have never been stronger. We look forward to providing an outstanding learning environment for residents' professional growth and development. While our clinical teaching base has filled out and remains our core strength, research capacities have expanded substantially. Psychodynamic and relationship-based psychotherapies remain a central value of the program and are taught comprehensively. At the same time residents learn evidence-supported treatments and enjoy increasing opportunities to participate in the development of the field's knowledge base through research and writing. We place a premium on resident's active participation in their own education and welcome your input not only in formal committee work but also informally.
While the world in general, and health care in particular continue to swirl around us we still feel that child and adolescent psychiatry affords unique possibilities for deep and positive impact on the lives of children and families. While it is an awesome responsibility, it is equally a noble opportunity. No other medical specialty brings together the whole of a child's mind and body, along with their need for meaningful relatedness. We now know more about children's inner lives, their brains, and effective treatments than ever before. We hope that these next two years will leave you with the tools for a lifetime of professional accomplishment and fulfillment. As we sign off we will leave you with a few quotes, poems, and passages on the next few pages.
David L. Kaye, M.D.
Director of Training in Child/Adol. Psychiatry
Bruce D. Miller, M.D.
Director, Division of Child/Adol. Psychiatry
July 1, 2004
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