Faculty Coordinator:  Kelly Serafini, Ph.D.

The behavioral health curriculum is a longitudinal curriculum with didactic sessions throughout residency training. Because primary care physicians treat up to 80% of behavioral health concerns, a major goal of the curriculum is to equip residents to confidently screen, assess, and treat a multitude of behavioral health concerns.

Curricular Topics:

·      Motivational Interviewing

·      Suicide Risk Assessment

·      Adult ADHD

·      Patient Speakers

·      Giving Bad News, Grief, & Dying

·      Depression

·      Benzodiazepines and Anxiety Management

·      Pediatric Mood Disorders

·      Coping with Medical Errors

·      And much more! (delirium, psychosis, severe mental illness, domestic violence, trauma-informed care, sleep hygiene, etc.)

Behavioral health training also includes co-visits with a psychiatrist, direct observation and coaching, and working alongside behavioral health providers in an integrated primary care setting.