Hi Hakim

it is absolutely indispensable owning to the fact that human interactions and communication is inextricably tied up with behavioral patterns,  characteristics and  personalities.   

Hi Rahimi,

Thank you for sharing insights. Please if oer chance you have access to works done around medical curriculum/ education with specificity on Behavioural science. Please kindly send my way. Than you once again

It is ultimate that doctors should be armed with basic knowledge of behavioral science. This is badly needed to understand and respond to patients as human-beings, not just to their superficial symptomatology. You might like to check the UK study by Russell.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15025642

Hi Hakeem,

  I think behavioral science should be a requirement (and it is, in most Uni's) because there are so many diagnostic rule-outs, as well as explanations for human behaviors that are directly linked to medical conditions. For example, all of the Somatic Disorders, and Schizophrenic spectrum disorders rule-out actual medical conditions or substance-abuse response. Regarding Anxiety disorders, a case in point, I once had a patient who had Panic attacks. The rule-out is myocardial infarction - The heart surgeon didn't have a clue, or the wisdom to check with his psychotherapist and misdiagnosed him, performed emergency heart surgery, only to have the chest pain return after surgery and the next panic attack. An extended Behavioral science curriculum should be a requirement for all medical students.