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 * Coordinator: Patty Hennigan, Ph.D. pager 504**

**Behavioral Medicine Toolkit** We are continuing to develop the “Behavioral Medicine Toolkit” for residents to use during patient encounters. During the BM/CODA Rotation, you will be expected to select a topic and develop a Toolkit section on that subject. Your section is due before the end of the rotation, and you will be expected to present it during the last Wednesday Case Conference of the BM/CODA rotation. Completion of the Toolkit assignment is required to pass the rotation. The Toolkit includes many behavioral health issues, each of which has general clinical guidelines, community resource informational fliers, and patient education materials that are likely to be useful in encounters with patients with these problems or issues. Each Toolkit topic must include the following four elements: a. Diagnostic algorithms or differential diagnosis, what providers should look for b. Treatment recommendations or “tips” c. Patient Education handout d. Community resources

You may choose a topic of interest to you, or choose from one of the suggested topics below. You may focus your topic as you see fit:
 * 1) ADHD
 * 2) Adherence to medical regimens
 * 3) Anxiety
 * 4) Challenging Patients
 * 5) Chronic pain
 * 6) Specific child behavior problems or parenting issues
 * 7) Enuresis/encopresis
 * 8) Discipline
 * 9) Developmental expectations
 * 10) Sleep
 * 11) Breast-feeding
 * 12) Adolescent concerns
 * 13) Cognitive disturbance
 * 14) Depression and bipolar disorder
 * 15) Domestic violence
 * 16) End of life
 * 17) English literacy
 * 18) Positive exercise plans
 * 19) Fatigue
 * 20) Genograms and family systems
 * 21) Mood, symptom, and treatment diaries
 * 22) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
 * 23) Psychotherapy
 * 24) Psychotic disorders
 * 25) PTSD
 * 26) Relationship problems
 * 27) Sexual problems
 * 28) Sleep disturbance
 * 29) Smoking cessation
 * 30) Somatization
 * 31) Stress management
 * 32) Substance abuse
 * 33) Unexplained physical symptoms
 * 34) Weight change, abnormal eating, nutrition

**Goals**: 1) Psychiatry a) Interviewing disturbed and crisis patients b) Diagnosis c) Psychopharmacology 2) Training in treating chronic pain and addiction/dual diagnosis 3) Behavior change and Motivational Interviewing 4) Special behavioral issues, such as domestic violence (can be tailored to needs or experiences of residents). 5) Learn about community resources through contribution to Behavioral Medicine “Toolkit” Objectives: Resident will: 1. Observe patient interviews (live and videotaped) and conduct his/her own observed interviews. 2. Evaluate, diagnose and treat the common psychiatric disorders seen in family practice. 3. Learn and be able to demonstrate approaches to behavior change and motivational interviewing. 4. Observe and conduct assessments and treatments of patients with chronic pain and addiction. 5. Select a topic and write a contribution to Behavioral Medicine “Toolkit”