Behavioral health

Northwell Health offers a wide range of educational programs and training experiences for behavioral health professionals across multiple hospitals and settings.

Psychiatry training

• Residency in Psychiatry at Lenox Hill Hospital

Psychiatry residency programs include:

• Residency in General Adult Psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital
• Residency in Psychiatry at Staten Island University Hospital
• Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health at Mather Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program

Zucker Hillside Hospital psychiatry fellowships include:

• Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Zucker Hillside Hospital, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital
• Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital
• Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Northwell Health

Psychology training

Northwell offers a range of predoctoral and postdoctoral training experiences for psychologists, including externships, internships and fellowships.

These include:

• Zucker Hillside Hospital predoctoral and postdoctoral psychology training programs
• Lenox Hill Hospital Doctoral Psychology Externship
• Lenox Hill Hospital Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship
  • For more information on psychology training at Lenox Hill, contact Dr. Jerome Kogan at [email protected].
• Rehabilitation Medicine Doctoral Internship Training Program in Psychology at Staten Island University Hospital

Nursing education

Nursing education is a priority for behavioral health services at Northwell. Learn more about our nursing department.

Social work training

Northwell offers a range of training experiences for social work students in inpatient, outpatient and addictions settings.

Zucker Hillside Hospital: Internship opportunities are available for graduate level social work students at several of Zucker Hillside’s inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings. For more information, contact Alison Hann, manager of social work services, at (718) 470-8257.

Mather Hospital:

• Inpatient psychiatry and emergency department: Students should have their institution’s Field Education Department contact Danielle Allgaier at [email protected].
• Outpatient chemical dependency: For more information, contact Alice Miller at [email protected].

Phelps Hospital: For more information on internship opportunities, contact Phelps Organizational Development at (914) 366-3166.

Lenox Hill Hospital: For more information on these opportunities, contact Gregory Mendoza at [email protected].

Mental health counselor training

Northwell offers a range of training experiences for mental health counseling students in inpatient, outpatient and addictions settings.

Zucker Hillside Hospital: For more information, please contact Carmine Desena at [email protected].

Mather Hospital: For more information, contact Alice Miller at [email protected].

Phelps Hospital: For more information, contact Phelps Organizational Development at (914) 366-3166.

CASAC training

Northwell offers opportunities for credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor (CASAC) training experiences.

Mather Hospital: For more information, contact Alice Miller at [email protected].

Phelps Hospital: For more information, contact Phelps Organizational Development at (914) 366-3166.

CRC training

Northwell offers opportunities for certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) training experiences.

Phelps Hospital: For more information, contact Phelps Organizational Development at (914) 366-3166.

Creative art therapy training

Northwell offers opportunities for creative arts therapy training.

Lenox Hill Hospital: For more information, contact Maryanne Dipasquale at [email protected].

The goal of the psychiatry research department is to understand the causes of mental disorders and to learn how to prevent and treat mental illness. The department uses innovative techniques to study clinical presentation, brain functioning and genetic contributions in mental illness.

Our programs study:

• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Schizophrenia

Our programs include:

• The Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program, which studies young people at risk for mental illness with the goal of preventing the development of mental illness.
• The First Episode Program, which works with people experiencing the early stages of psychosis.
• Programs aimed at understanding the value of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of depression, psychosis and dementia.
• The Program for Intervention and Services Research, which aims to better the treatment and outcome of people with chronic mental illnesses.

If you would like to learn more about the division of psychiatry research or are interested in participating in a research study, please call (718) 470-8416, email [email protected] or visit the Institute of Behavioral Science.

• Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP)
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
• American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS
• Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA)