PAS 6290 - Behavioral Medicine

This course prepares students to evaluate and manage patients with psychiatric and mental/behavioral health conditions. Background information, including epidemiology, the interprofessional team involved in care, settings of care, and common resources utilized in behavioral medicine will be reviewed. There will be an emphasis on anatomy and physiology relevant to behavioral health, patient evaluation and assessment and the mental status examination, patient education, counseling, health promotion, and screening related to psychiatric disorders, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric conditions commonly encountered in clinical practice, laboratory and diagnostic testing utilized in mental health, and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disease. Special considerations related to evidence-based medicine, genetics, public health, medicolegal and ethical considerations, cultural beliefs, and the healthcare system will be integrated throughout the course.

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