Faculty

Antoine Douaihy, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Program Overview

Mental Health issues play a major role in care management of adolescent patients.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

•     Discuss the role of motivational interviewing in promoting behavior change in patients.
•     Describe the skills and strategies needed to practice motivational interviewing.
•     Examine our own attitudes, values and thinking, conditioned by our own upbringing, acculturation, and  knowledge.
•     Discuss and describe ways to become more truly welcoming and affirming to all persons who differ from us in order to be helpful as part of a healing community of support.