2.0

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Average Course Rating

Introduces students to the mental health/behavioral care clinical settings. Acquaints students with the therapeutic relationship that exists between clinician and patient. Presents opportunities for shadowing and research partnerships with clinicians. Provides access to potential clinical data sets for exploration and analysis. Emphasizes practical hands-on experience over didactic secondary exposure. Challenges student notions of the psychiatric patient and their care, while destigmatizing both the illnesses and the treatment processes. Encourages creative hypothesis generation grown from observation of solvable challenges experienced in the field.