Courses

• GMS MH 710: Basic Mental Health Assessment
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide an overview of principles and applications of mental health assessment. The primary objectives of this course are to facilitate students' understanding of the basic methods of assessment in counseling, to include evaluating, selecting, and using appropriate techniques and standardized testing methods, and to conduct a thorough, culturally sensitive, and ethically responsible assessment. Methods for dissemination of assessment results will also be reviewed. Bennasar. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MH 712: Child & Family Therapy
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course will help students gain a basic conceptual understanding of the theory, process and practice of family systems therapy. In addition, students will begin to develop skills and strategies for the assessment and treatment of family systems approaches within mental health systems and to practice these skills during in-class role-play exercises. Kates. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MH 713: Human Sexuality
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course explores physiological, psychological, and socio-cultural aspects of human sexuality, focusing on trends in the field, including teen sexuality, pregnancy, and early sexual experiences, sexual assault, HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases, sex addiction, sexuality across the lifespan, and ethics. Kates. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MH 714: Behavioral Medicine and Applied Health Psychology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the central concepts of adult behavioral medicine, utilizing a biopsychosocial approach. The emphasis of the course is on primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of illness as well as practical application and the ways in which information can and should be utilized in multidisciplinary care. Theory and content will be applied to specific health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, chronic pain and cancer. Berger-Greenstein. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MH 716: Career and Vocational Counseling
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course will provide an overview of the history and theories of career development; students will learn how to conduct a career interview and review and discuss the influence of developmental, ethnic, racial and gender differences for career counseling. Students will also complete and review several career tests and present their personal career development plan. Brady. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MH 810: Psychopharmacology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course provides an overview of psychopharmacology for the non-medical mental health provider. There will be an overview of the neurobiology of mental health disorders and the medications commonly used in their treatment. Erdos. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MH 812: Addictions
  Prereq: consent of instructor. The aim of this course is to provide the necessary knowledge base for understanding and treating addiction. This course places emphasis on acquiring clinically useful knowledge and skills for recognizing and treating substance use disorders. Topics covered in this course include: recognizing drug intoxication and withdrawal, assessment of substance use disorders, Community Reinforcement Approach, Family Systems Treatment Models, Motivational, Enhancement Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral/Skills Building approaches, 12-Step Recovery/Mutual Support Groups, and Addiction Medicine. Devine. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MH 814: Clinical Research Field Work Seminar
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and experience in the conduct of clinical trials. Students enrolled in this practicum will become part of a clinical research team investigating the efficacy of clinical and/or medication management of a discrete mental health and/or medical disorder. Students will choose a clinical research site of interest from a list of sites currently conducting trials and able to supervise students, to include an addictions medicine research clinic, an HIV risk reduction research clinic, and other medical and/or mental health disorders of interest. Training will include readings, presentations, observation, web-based training, and direct experience working with research participants. Devine, Berger-Greenstein. Var cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS MH 901: Clinical Practicum I
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is a process-oriented course with an emphasis on personal and professional development as it pertains to the training needs and preparation to assume a professional role in a practicum setting. The focus of the course will also include developing clinical and professional skills to help facilitate adjustment to and preparation practicum. Skill development in the areas of assessment, treatment, appreciation of cultural complexities in the clinical environment, balancing professional and personal roles, and understanding the role of a mental health counselor in a behavioral health setting will be discussed throughout the seminar. Levy-Bell. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MH 902: Clinical Practicum II
  Prereq: consent of instructor. The practicum is a supervised clinical experience that provides 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-Bell, Furlong, Livshits. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MH 921: Internship
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is a distinctly defined clinical experience during the 2nd year of the program. Students provide 600 hours of clinical experience, of which 250 are direct clinical care of clients. Students are placed in a wide variety of clinical settings throughout the greater Boston area. In addition to clinical supervision received on site, students meet for group supervision with a faculty member and other student trainees in the MHBM program. Levy-Bell, Berger-Greenstein, O'Hern. Var cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS MH 922: Internship
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is a distinctly defined clinical experience during the 2nd year of the program. Students provide 600 hours of clinical experience, of which 250 are direct clinical care of clients. Students are placed in a wide variety of clinical settings throughout the greater Boston area. In addition to clinical supervision received on site, students meet for group supervision with a faculty member and other student trainees in the MHBM program. Levy-Bell, Berger-Greenstein, O'Hern. Var cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS MH 971: Directed Studies in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine
  Var cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS MH 972: Directed Studies in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine
  Var cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS MI 701: Concepts in Virology
  This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of viruses and their relationship with their host. It will involve an introduction to virus replication cycles and focus in detail on mechanisms that viruses with different genome structures use to transcribe and replicate them. It will also include lectures on the ways that viruses take advantage of the host translation machinery and subvert antiviral defenses. Aspects of virus pathogenesis and epidemiology will be explored with emphasis in HIV pathogenesis, viral persistence, and the emergence of new viruses. The course will be aimed towards first year Ph.D. students in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences. The classes will be taught by Microbiology Department faculty with expertise in virology. The content will include a combination of traditional lectures and discussion of primary research papers. Reading materials will include primary literature and suggested review articles, as well as handouts provided by the faculty. Students will be evaluated on their discussion of papers and in a final examination designed to test the students' critical thinking and analytical skills. Connor, Gummuluru, Oberhaus, Zamansky, Fearns. 2 cr. Fall sem.
• GMS MI 702: Concepts in Bacterial Evolution and Genetics
  This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of how bacteria evolve and the mechanisms they use to adapt to changing environments. Course is taught as a combination of traditional and interactive lectures as well as discussion of reading from the primary literature. The emphasis is on what we know and why. Topics to be covered include phenotypic ad phylogenetic classification of bacteria and their viruses, traditional and genomic approaches for analyzing gene expression, and mechanisms of gene transfer and regulation in bacteria. Fisher. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MI 713: Comprehensive Immunology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. Comprehensive introduction to immunologic principles and applications. This course consists of both interactive lectures and discussion sessions. Emphasis is placed on analysis and interpretation of data from the primary literature. Prior coursework in genetics and biochemistry is strongly recommended. Ganley-Leal. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MI 715: Immunological Basis of Disease
  Journal article-based survey of mechanisms underlying diseases caused by abnormal immune system function. Emphasis will be on normal vs. pathological immune system processes towards reinforcing how basic immunological concepts have immediate clinical significance. Nikolajczyk. Var cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MI 718: Virology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. Journal article based. Survey of current topics in virology are discussed. An emphasis is placed on the regulation of viral gene transcription and other processes of the viral replicative cycle. Viglianti, Zamansky. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MI 811: Microbiology Seminar
  Presentation and discussion of problems of current interest. Corley. 2 cr, Fall & Spring sem.

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