SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN AGING AND MENTAL HEALTH

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 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 874

Advanced practice knowledge and skills essential for social workers practicing in health, aging, and disability care settings.

SOC/SOCWORK 422

Origins, nature, scope and dynamics of the social problems of older adults and their families in the U.S. and to acquaint students with programs and services available to older adults.