The setting
Our outpatient clinic is located at the city center and receives around
80-100 outpatient visits a day. Most of these patients are seen at the
general psychiatry outpatient clinic by 7 or 8 third and fourth-year
psychiatry residents, with oversight by the faculty consultants in
charge. Reasons for use of outpatient services are multiple. In addition
to new admissions and follow-up visits, there are those sent from courts
or from prisons to be assessed for a forensic report, those who come for
a medication refill only, and those who come for testing, including
blood tests, projective and neurocognitive tests. There are also several
specialty outpatient services, such as geriatric psychiatry, gender
dysphoria clinic, drug dependence clinic, and forensic psychiatry
admissions, all of which operate on certain days of the week.