Department Classes
| HuBio 516: Systems of Human Behavior I | ||
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Instructor: Suzanne Murray, MD |
Course Description: Effects of behavioral factors in major management problems faced in medical practice relating to cultural background, social role, sexual identity, and belief systems. Acquisition of skills in analyzing behavior, defining objectives, and designing precise treatment strategies. This course is offered only to first year medical students.
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| HuBio 526: Systems of Human Behavior I-B | ||
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Instructors: Amy Henry, MD |
Course Description: Effects of behavioral factors in major management problems faced in medical practice relating to cultural background, social role, sexual identity, and belief systems. Acquisition of skills in analyzing behavior, defining objectives, and designing precise treatment strategies. This course is offered only to first year medical students. |
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| HuBio 563: Brain and Behavior | ||
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Instructor: Marcella Pascualy, MD |
Course Description: Major psychiatric disorders are defined and described, and a systematic approach to differential diagnosis is presented. Conceptual development, pathogenesis, epidemiology, nomenclature, and the terminology used in psychiatry are discussed. This course is offered only to second year medical students. |
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| PBSCI 515: War and Mental Health | ||
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Instructor: Evan Kanter, MD, PhD |
Course Description: War is a preeminent public health problem with significant medical consequences, of which mental health effects are a principal component. Exposure to the horrors of war has profound psychological effects on both military and civilian populations. The course will examine a range of effects, with an emphasis on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychiatric condition that commonly results from war trauma. Assessment and treatment of PTSD presents significant clinical challenges at both individual and population levels. Current research activity in PTSD is substantial and relates to a variety of brain functions. The course will help students better understand and effectively work with the many individuals that are affected by war, including military veterans and refugee populations. |
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| PBSCI 525: Psychiatry and the Law | ||
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Instructor: Edward Goldenberg, PhD Offered: Spring Quarter Click Here for more information. |
Course Description: This course concentrates on major issues in psychiatry and law. Outside speakers from legal, judicial, and psychiatric communities are invited as guest lecturers. The course includes lectures on assessment in forensic settings, competence to stand trial, and criminal responsibility and discussions on personality disorders and correctional environments. |
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| PBSCI 546/EPI 546: Psychiatric Epidemiology | ||
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Instructor: Ann Vander Stoep, PhD Offered: Spring Quarter Click Here for more information. |
Course Description: Application of epidemiological methods to the study of mental illnesses. Topics include occurrence and distribution of mental illness, classification of psychiatric disorders; treatment-based vs. community-based studies; epidemiology of depression and schizophrenia; familial transmission; developmental epidemiology; mental illness and violence. Prerequisite: one course in epidemiology or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with EPI 546. |
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| CONJ 554: Fundamentals of Hypnosis | ||
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Instructors: Barbara McCann, PhD Offered: Spring Quarter Course Website |
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with hypnosis as a therapeutic tool in a variety of medical applications, and equip them with basic skills in using hypnosis. Students in this course will: 1. Know the history and development of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. 2. Understand the phenomena associated with hypnosis and trance. 3. Be able to identify the indicators for, and contraindications to, the use of hypnosis in clinical practice. 4. Practice simple induction techniques. 5. Utilize self-hypnosis techniques for personal well-being. |
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