1. UCLA offers a one-year program for psychiatrists at the PGY V level, which is accredited by the American Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Graduates are eligible to sit for the examination to receive Subspecialty Certification in Geriatric Psychiatry. For psychiatrists with interest in academic career paths, an additional fellowship year is available with training enhanced by individual research projects, collaboration with faculty in ongoing investigations, and supervised teaching and administrative experience.

2. A two-year post-doctoral fellowship for psychologists provides specialized clinical and research training. Clinical assessment and treatment, case management, and research activities are emphasized. Specialty training in neuropsychological assessment of the older adult is also available. The program provides trainees with clinical experience that can be counted toward the hours required for California licensure as well as research training in preparation for an academic career.

Areas of training in both programs include: - Phenomenology of mental health in older adults - Psychiatric syndromes in older adults: cognitive disorders, psychosis, mood syndromes, anxiety and others - Age-related physiological changes affecting clinical phenomenology and pharmacotherapy - Age-related psychosocial changes - Neuropsychology and the healthy psychology of aging -Community health issues and health service delivery research and administration

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