Program description
As the third-largest free standing behavioral health facility in the nation, Pine Rest provides an excellent opportunity to train forensic fellows. In addition to generally taught didactics, fellows will have the opportunity to practice in a correctional facility, to participate in IME’s, risk assessments, FAA and pre-employment evaluations in the Pine Rest Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Services unit, and to provide capacity consultations at Pine Rest and Corewell Health hospitals. Fellows are Michigan State University Faculty, and receive all benefits and opportunities that the university has to offer, in addition to the full support and unique training experience of practicing and learning in a free-standing psychiatric hospital.

Located in Grand Rapids, MI, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is the third-largest free-standing behavioral health facility in the nation. The campus hosts a 198-bed inpatient facility, partial hospitalization services, telepsychiatry, and a Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Services unit, in addition to partnerships with local medical hospitals for consultation experiences.