ASSESSING AND TREATING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

SOCWORK 835

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

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.

SOCWORK 741

Addresses multi-level interventions with children, youth, and families across multiple service systems, with an emphasis on practice innovations.

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.

SOCWORK 870

Evidence-based cognitive and behavioral interventions used by social workers in the treatment of mental health challenges.