Core
Course Requirements
GMS
BN 777 Basic
Neurosciences
Pereq: consent of instructor. This course is the same as GMS
BN 778 (4 cr) and GMS BN 779 (2 cr), except that it provides with students
with 30 hours or required course time. For Mental Health and Behavioral
Medicine students. Oscar-Berman, 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 701 Counseling Theory
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course will review the foundations
of counseling theory including psycholoanalytic theory, Rogerian theory,
behavioral theory, and cognitive approaches to counseling. Berger,
Brady. 3 cr, 1st semester.
GMS
MH 702 Professional Orientation & Ethics
Prereq: consent of instructor. Provides an overview of professional
ethics, mental health and the law, ethical decision-making, confidentiality,
forensic involvement of clients in counseling and commitment statutes.
Berger. 3 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MH 703 Counseling Techniques: Helping Relationships,
Skills & Procedures
Prereq: Consent of instructor. Demonstrates techniques for building
a helping relationship, and treatment approaches for a wide range of
disorders including depression, trauma, anxiety disorders, and problems
of living. Brady & Street. 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 704 Group Work Dynamics & Process
Prereq: consent of instructor. Provides an overview of the basic
principles of group treatment/counseling including how to recruit and
teach a group and modalities such as dynamic therapy groups, behavioral
and skill-based groups for special populations. Jaemann & Brady.
3 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MH 705 Psychopathology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Provides an overview of the biopsychosocial
influences on severe psychiatric illnesses as well as more common disorders
diagnosed. Buckley. 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 706 Social & Cultural Foundations
Prereq: consent of instructor. Provides an overview of professional
and ethical issues related to multi-cultural counseling, theories of
racial/ethnic identity, gay/lesbian issues in therapy, multi-cultural
personal and career counseling and ethnocultural factors which influence
treatment. Levy, Chin. 3 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MH 707 Research & Evaluation
Prereq: consent of instructor. Describes the language of experimentation,
the development of psychological testing principles and the design of
quasi-experimental and experimental research as they apply to counseling
and therapy. Zaichowsky. 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 708 Human Growth & Development
Prereq: con-sent of instructor. Provides an overview of human
growth and development across the life-cycle. Course will review Piaget's
work on childhood stages, Erickson's theories related to adult development,
theories of language acquisition and cognitive development, and development
challenge in geriatric and other special populations. Joseph.
3 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MH 711 Health and Exercise Psychology
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course has been designed
to introduce students to central concepts of applied health and exercise
psychology which draw interdependently from psychology, behavioral medicine,
exercise physiology, and psychoneuroimmunology. Incorporates a biopsychosocial
approach and presents major theories and techniques of health behavior
change and health behavior assessment. Perna. 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 810 Psychopharmacology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Provides an overview of psychopharmacology
for the non-medical mental health provider. There will be an overview
of the Neurobiology of Mental Disorders and the medications that are
commonly used in their treatment. Restrepo. 3 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MH 812 Addictions
Prereq: consent of instructor. Reviews diagnostic criteria for
substance abuse and dependence and treatment strategies utilized in
the treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse. Kalman. 3 cr, 1st
sem.
Practicum
and Internship Requirements
GMS
MH 901, 902 Clinical Practicum
Prereq: consent of instructor. The practicum is a supervised
clinical experience that provides 4-8 hours per week of direct mental
health service work for clientele. Supervision during the practicum
will include direct observation or review of audiotapes/videotapes of
sessions by an approved faculty member/supervisor. In addition, there
will be group supervision with other trainees in the program. Levy,
Brady. 3cr, 1st and 2nd sem.
GMS
MH 921, 922 Internship
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is a distinctly defined
clinical training experience during the 2nd year of studies in the M.A.
in Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine Program. Students provide 600
hours of clinical experience of which 250 are direct clinical care of
clients. Levy & Brady. Var cr., 1st and 2nd sem.
