The Bronx Psychiatric Center is a state psychiatric facility that provides a comprehensive range of inpatient and ambulatory clinical services, along with research and community programs for general psychiatric patients, including a large forensic psychiatric patient population. As a statewide consultation referral site, our program provides fellows extensive hands-on training in a broad spectrum of civil and criminal forensic work.
 

Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Supported by the New York State Office of Mental Health, the OMH Satellite Unit provides regular and comprehensive mental health services for inmates. Working within the facility’s mental health service, fellows receive didactic and experiential training in all aspects of criminal forensics and correctional psychiatry, including the diagnostic, treatment, disposition and aftercare needs of a diverse criminally incarcerated patient population.
 

The Bronx TASC Mental Health Court Program seeks to find meaningful solutions for defendants in the criminal justice system who are suffering from mental illness. The program offers an alternative to incarceration through the evaluation, placement and supervision of defendants who, instead of being placed in jail or prison, are diverted to residential and outpatient mental-health settings. Working with the diversion service provides fellows active exposure to this increasingly important area of forensic psychiatry.
 

Provided through Westchester Jewish Community Services, the Court Assessment Program serves the family, domestic violence and supreme courts of Westchester County. The program provides evaluation for individuals involved in ongoing custody proceedings and for children involved in delinquency proceedings. Acting in a child's best interest, these evaluations inform the court of the parental capacity of adults involved in the proceedings, as well as the emotional, educational and social well-being of children who are the subject of custody proceedings or respondents in delinquency cases.
 

It is the mission of New York City Health and Hospitals Correctional Health Services to provide quality mental health care to the inmate population of the New York City Department of Correction. Fellows who participate in this rotation receive training in conducting mental-health assessments, providing treatment and delivering longitudinal follow-ups within a correctional facility. Fellows here also observe administrative review meetings, treatment team meetings and crisis interventions.