SW 445 Behavioral Health
Almost two-thirds of all problems seen in primary care medicine have a significant psychosocial dimension. Primary care physicians are rarely trained in, or interested in, the assessment or treatment of the psychosocial dimension of illnesses. Thus, social work and psychology have made a major contribution to the development of the behavioral health field. This course reviews a variety of mind/body methods used in treatment of four broad domains of behavioral health: psychophysiological disorder; immune-related illness; addictive; and adaptation to chronic medical illness like diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease. The course also addresses the ethnic and cross-cultural considerations in behavioral health.