Introduction
Welcome to the Betty Shirley Clinic, home of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine [Tuscaloosa Campus]. This Department has a mission of providing education and training to medical students and family medicine residents. We recognize that psychiatric disorders are very common across patient populations in all specialties of medicine. As such, our mission is to provide a biopsychosocial understanding of patients with medical and psychiatric disorders. This is a multidisciplinary department including psychiatry, psychology, and social work dedicated to excellent patient care, education and research.
ADHD Clinic
The University of Alabama’s ADHD Multidisciplinary Clinic began operations on February 1, 1999. The ADHD clinic is a collaborative project involving the Pediatric and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Departments of the Medical School, the School of Social Work, and the Department of Psychology. The Clinic takes place on Monday afternoons in the specialty clinic at University Medical Center, which is the outpatient teaching facility for The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Program. There is also a multidisciplinary team meeting each month. Continue Reading
Family Clinic
Family Clinic is a behind the mirror, live supervision experience for clinical psychology graduate students and social work students. Dr. Nancy J. Rubin, Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell provide the supervision for this exciting clinic.
Several families rotate through the clinic during the year for assessment and treatment. Families spent on average, four to eight weeks in clinic. Each year, the team treats three to five families, which provides a range of family problems and family systems for the experience. Continue Reading
Psychiatry Clerkship
Welcome to the Psychiatry Clerkship. The clerkship in Psychiatry differs from other clerkships in that you will focus on building your knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to evaluate the mental and emotional functioning of an individual in a culturally competent manner. Continue Reading
