PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN MENTAL HEALTH

SOCWORK 742

Explore evidence-based services through a holistic perspective that looks at a person in their environment, using a person-centered approach. Assessment, treatment, and generalization of change strategies; problem solving; resource development; intervention planning; current trends in mental health and other practice issues are explored.

SOCWORK 835

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

SOCWORK 821

Addresses mental health needs of older adults and their family members. Examines common mental health conditions, assessment, planning, evidence-based individual, family and group interventions, resources, cultural competence, ethical issues, and contexts for practice.

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 336

Examine critical perspectives of contemporary psychiatry and the mental health system, considering power structures, global and national cultural perspectives on mental health and illness, and the history, values, norms, and preferences of those served.