Essentials of Behavioral Medicine

Catalog description

This course focuses on didactic preparation for the required behavioral health/psychiatry clerkship. It explores the clinical discipline of psychiatry, the fundamentals of psychology, behavioral health, and mental illness, and the care of patients and families affected by this. The effect of society on behavior is explored as well as pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and appropriate management of the psychiatric/behavioral health patient. It covers patient history and physical exam, mental health evaluation, appropriate laboratory tests, imaging, and other diagnostics, differential diagnosis, and treatment used in the behavioral health/psychiatric population.