MAKING SENSE OF MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL ILLNESS

SOCWORK 612

Addresses major mental health concerns across the lifespan, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as the organizing framework for reviewing major mental disorders and critiquing the current "medical model" approach to mental health in the United States. Approaches mental health issues from a generalist perspective, including the role of the social environment, culture, and stigma in mental health services, access, and policy.

COUNPSY 237

Designed to increase knowledge, awareness, and skills of students interested in working on mental health matters within diverse identity groups and communities. Conceptualize mental health and well-being across communities in terms of (a) intersectional identities (individual and groups), (b) mental health and access and utilization of services, and (c) social determinants of health in different contexts and settings. Engage in reflective exercises to understand how their social identities influence their work in different types of communities.

SOCWORK 835

Focuses on the core practice theories, conceptual frameworks, and intervention skills necessary for social work practice in mental health.

SOCWORK 836

Preparation for leadership roles in mental health programs, agencies, and organizations. Examine mental health policies and services that influence care and treatment of persons with mental illness and shape mental health care systems, programs and services

SOCWORK 712

Focuses on a biopsychosocial understanding of mental health from a social work and social environment perspective, giving special attention to the person-in-environment and current classification systems available to the practitioner.