Behavioral, Social, & Mental Healthcare.

Catalog description

Students engage in a comprehensive review of both normal and abnormal aspects of human psychological development and behavior. Students explore topics in the detection and treatment of substance abuse, human sexuality, death, dying, and loss, as well as responses to illness, injury, and stress. Students address the identification and prevention of violence and explore various psychiatric and behavioral conditions. Students gain the skills necessary for clinical evaluation and assessment of psychiatric and behavioral disorders across all age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Instruction will prepare students to deliver a full spectrum of care, including preventative, emergent, acute, chronic, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life care for patients with psychiatric disorders. Prerequisite: Admission into the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.