Overview
We are involved in medical and graduate
education, scholarly activity, patient care, and
community service and outreach. Our faculty is
multidisciplinary, and includes psychiatry,
psychology, and sociology.
Teaching
We are responsible for the following courses in
the predoctoral medical curriculum:
- Psychiatry I and II
- Health Promotion/Disease Prevention I and II
- Medical Information Sciences
- Multicultural Health
- Psychiatry Clerkship
Stress Management
Additionally, our faculty coordinate the Stress
Management Program and teach in the following
courses:
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Primary Care Clinic Clerkship
- Biomedical Sciences
- Gerontology
- Family Medicine residency
Research
Research interests of faculty include:
- medical education topics
- American Indian suicide
- end-of-life decision making among American Indians
- the effects of stressful life events on motor activity
- efficacy and effectiveness of computer-assisted techniques in rehabilitation of acquired brain injury
- adherence in HIV-positive patients
- neuropsychiatric predictors of outcome and function in patients with mood disorders
Patient Care
Patient care activities include:
- outpatient psychotherapy
- outpatient and inpatient psychiatric treatment
- consultation to an inpatient rehabilitation unit
- smoking cessation consultation
- consultation to a grant-funded program for HIV-positive patients
- consultation to a cystic fibrosis clinic
- consultation for medical outpatients and inpatients
- biofeedback
Prevention Programs
The Prevention Programs
are funded by the State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. In keeping with the University's mission of public service, Prevention Programs staff provide a variety of prevention-related services to communities surrounding Tulsa, Stillwater, and Okmulgee, and evaluate similar programs throughout the state.
