Fellowships in forensic psychiatry can be competitive. Yale? Well those people at Yale weren't exactly helpful when I inquired them. They referred me to a fellow who really didn't seem to give a damn.
For example, when I was referred to the fellows, they just gave me answers I could've gotten from a Lindsey Lohan fan.
"It rocks!"
"It's great!"
Geez, thanks. I gave some pretty detailed questions and that's all I really got. I decided not to apply there.
Now their fellows (at least when I applied) didn't show too much brain activity but that doesn't mean the program is bad. I can say the following based on superficial knowledge.
Howard Zonona is there. He' s a top guy in the field and a former AAPL president.
Yale has a forensic psychology program that works with the forensic psychiatric program-so it most definitely has f-psychiatrists that know their psychology and their fellowship likely has a solid foundation in psychological testing, an important area that several forensic fellowships and f-psychiatrists have little if any knowledge.
The Yale title does matter as an expert witness. For better or worse, titles do impress judges and juries even if those titles are upon those not worthy of them. That's not to say that Yale is bad, but since this superficial edge is an edge nonetheless, well hey, they do work.
The real things about the program that I'd be interested in, I can't answer. Someone from that program would be better off answering.