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Preparation for the 2011 HIV/AIDS spring break trip. Investigates the history of HIV/AIDS in the US and worldwide, with a specifc focus on the city of San Francisco. Weekly discussions grapple with social and medical issues such as the discrimination HIV+ people face in obtaining access to care and housing, the huge stigma still attached to the disease, the nature and meaning of how one tiny virus could wipe out almost an entire generation of unsuspecting men and women of all ages, and the cutting-edge technology being developed to combat HIV. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Alternative Spring Break Program.

Effects of traumatic events; interventions to alleviate their psychosocial impact. Events include natural disasters, illness, interpersonal violence, war, the Holocaust, and terrorism. Resilience factors that protect individuals from adverse effects. Oral and multimedia presentation.

Preference to sophomores. Western cultural notions of mad geniuses and artistic temperaments. How many individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, and related problems are nonetheless productively creative. Current psychological and neurobiological research, and assessment of mood, temperament, and creativity. Emphasis is on written and oral communications and multimedia presentations. Write 2. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Many literary works are enhanced by, in fact demand, a psychological perspective to achieve a fully informed reading. In The Devils Dostoevsky uses the issues and process of anarchy as a platform on which to develop some of the most unforgettable characters in literary history. Death in Venice contains among its many themes the darker dynamic of paraphilia. Guilt searches for a validating crime in Kafka's The Penal Colony. Capote uses a journalistic style to manage horrible fact during In Cold Blood. Conrad shows that telling a story of the journey outward is more nearly an analysis of the journey inward in Heart of Darkness. Albee's Zoo Story asks whether the man on the street is prepared to confront his own worst nightmare. Close reading of works such as these presents opportunities to learn about character pathology and to expand traditional approaches to literary criticism by applying a psychological perspective.

Developmental, psychological, social, and performance issues in collegiate sports. Topics include transition to Stanford, time management, optimizing mental fitness, coping with injuries.

The complicated forces,shaped by geopolitcal history and current events, that frame all social programs, the care of orphans in the context of the AIDS pandemic in particular; history of the care of orphans; developmental effects of deprivation of care and nurturing. Guest speakers.

Historical and current concepts of mental illness in women. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS), postpartum depression, menopausal mood disorders, and eating disorders. Historical biopsychosocial approach. Readings include women's diaries and advice books, physicians' casebooks, and 19th- and 20th-century medical texts. Guest speakers from art and literature departments. Literary and artistic images, and the social and cultural contexts of these disorders during the last 300 years.

Current research on how sleep affects our daily lives. Physiology of non-REM and REM sleep, dreams and dreaming, content, psychophysiological cause, lucid dreaming, sleep need, sleep debt, daytime alertness, and performance; biological clock and circadian rhythms; sleep disorders, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleepwalking, jet lag, sleeping pills, sleep and mental illness, sleep and memory, and the impact of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on academic and social life. Multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and projects.

Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).

Continuation of 136A/236A. Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).

Basic concepts underlying family-systems theory and practice, drawing on concepts from psychology, psychiatry, biology, anthropology, and sociology. Major theoretical premises of the family-systems approach to the assessment of intimate relationships, including family structure, development, history, intimacy and sexuality, culture, and larger systems. Tools required for assessing and changing relationships are examined and videotaped case examples are used to develop case formulations and illustrate systemic intervention strategies of major contributors to the field. Finally, applications of the family-systems approach in educational, medical, business, and community settings are considered.

Assist Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program with data entry, library organization, and study-related projects.

Students undertake investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Common syndromes in child psychiatry. Topics include diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, course, outcome and therapeutic interventions. Prerequisite: familiarity with the basics of psychiatric and psychological discourse; psychiatry clerkship or course in psychology.

Open to MD and graduate students; qualified undergraduates by consent of instructor. Diagnosis and management of emotional disorders and difficulties in physically ill children and adolescents. Topics include psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic approaches to psychiatric disorders encountered in the pediatric medical health care setting. Oral and multimedia presentations. Prerequisite: familiarity with basic principles of psychopathology.

A mentoring program designed to expose first and second year medical students to the rewarding field of child and adolescent psychiatry, and to increase awareness and education about child and adolescent mental health issues. Offers a year-long program wherein medical students are paired with child and adolescent psychiatrists, meeting bimonthly for clinical experiences and mentoring. Also provides opportunities for the students to get involved in cutting-edge scientific research, networking opportunities, and opportunities to attend professional conferences.

An experiential program in which the participants learn the techniques of mindfulness meditation. Modeled after the program started by Jon Kabat-Zinn and featured on Bill Moyers' Healing and the Mind, there are approximately 400 hospitals around the world that provide mindfulness-based programs. Courses are designed to work with the mind/body relationship to stress and chronic illness. Participants are involved in a class with patients and observe the impact of the program on a variety of medical conditions. Requires daily practice of mindfulness meditation, attendance at weekly class meetings and the all day retreat, home reading, and a final paper covering the student's observations.

Current research on how sleep affects our daily lives. Physiology of non-REM and REM sleep, dreams and dreaming, content, psychophysiological cause, lucid dreaming, sleep need, sleep debt, daytime alertness, and performance; biological clock and circadian rhythms; sleep disorders, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleepwalking, jet lag, sleeping pills, sleep and mental illness, sleep and memory, and the impact of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on academic and social life. Multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and projects.

Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).

Continuation of 136A/236A. Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).

Basic concepts underlying family-systems theory and practice, drawing on concepts from psychology, psychiatry, biology, anthropology, and sociology. Major theoretical premises of the family-systems approach to the assessment of intimate relationships, including family structure, development, history, intimacy and sexuality, culture, and larger systems. Tools required for assessing and changing relationships are examined and videotaped case examples are used to develop case formulations and illustrate systemic intervention strategies of major contributors to the field. Finally, applications of the family-systems approach in educational, medical, business, and community settings are considered.

Statistical and methodological issues in three major psychiatric research themes: clinical psychiatric research (Aut, Sum), neuroimaging research (Win) and genetic studies (Spr), Autumn series includes: basics of inferential statistics, group comparison, analysis of variance, regression analysis, multivariate analysis, and longitudinal analysis in the context of psychiatric and behavioral research. Also included are conceptual topics such as risk factors, mediation, moderation, and causal inference. Winter series includes: functional and structural neuroimaging research methods (e.g. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), structural MRI (sMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), electroencephalogram (EEG)). Basic principles, statistical analysis methods, advantages and limitations, and applications are discussed. Spring series covers statistical methods and issues encountered in genetic studies of human disease. Underlying genetic concepts (genotypes, phenotypes, Hardy-Weinberg and linkage equilibrium and other assorted jargon) are introduced and several study designs described, including twin, familial aggregation, genetic association and genetic linkage studies; candidate gene vs. whole genome approaches; and gene expression microarray analyses. Summer series focuses exclusively on longitudinal data analysis in clinical psychiatric research. The goal is mastery of basic concepts of linear mixed models and actual analysis techniques. Prerequisite: Some exposure to statistical methods, either from course work or from participation in research having some behavioral aspects, or consent of instructor. 1 unit for class participation only, 2 units includes weekly assignments, 3 units includes a final project. Summer quarter is divided into Part 1 and Part 2. Students may attend one or both, registering for 1 unit if attending one part and completing daily assignments, and 2 units if attending both and completing daily assignments. 3 units includes attending both, completing daily assignments and a final project.

Practical experience in teaching by serving as a teaching assistant in a psychiatry course. Unit values are allotted individually to reflect the level of teaching responsibility assigned to the student.

Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Provides an opportunity for student and faculty interaction, as well as academic credit and financial support, to medical students who undertake original research. Enrollment is limited to students with approved projects.

Students undertake investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Ways in which a psychologcially-minded attitude can add to the appreciation of literature; how literature can be used to understand issues and themes of the developing personality. Using the well-known essay by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, "The Eight Ages of Man," as a foundation, works reflecting elements of an age or ages are read. "Wisdom of the Ego" by Dr. George Valliant serves as a resouce to better understand this model, as well as offering a more contemporary theory of personality development.

(Open to MD, graduate, and undergraduate students) Introduction to the "family systems medicine" model which views the family, traditionally the context for health beliefs and behaviors, as the central unit of health care. Individual health and illness are conceptualized within a broad biopsychosocial framework that focuses on the triangle of patient, family and the health care provider(s). Addresses adaptation to adult and childhood chronic illness (cancer, HIV/AIDS, schizophrenia, psychatric disorders, renal disease, cardiovascular disease), reproductive concerns (pregnancy loss, infertility), and health promotion in couples and families. Principles of family-systems consultation and medical family therapy illustrated with videotaped interviews.

Detailed, systematic survey of a generalized terminal illness and elaboration of the basic principles underlying approaches to the care of the dying. Particular attention is paid to problem areas involving medical ethics and multi-culture. Practical strategies for managing the special medical and emotional problems that arise in the care of the dying patient. There may be guest speakers and patient interviews. No final examination. (Minimum: 4 students)