Graduate School Course Catalog 2024-2025
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SOCW 6135 - Social Work and Psychopathology (3)
This practice course aims to convey a knowledge base in, and orientation to, psychopathology, which will facilitate advanced social work practice. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-5) (APA, 2013) is used as the organizing framework for reviewing major mental disorders. The course will focus on the identification and description of mental disorders, and what is known (and not known) about their social context and etiology (biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors). Issues of diversity related to diagnosis and treatment of specific mental disorder categories will be explored.
This course will not provide in-depth, skill-based learning in specific clinical interventions, instead, a review about effective treatments for specific classes of disorders (psychological, social and psychopharmacological) will be discussed. The primary focus of the course will be on assessment and case planning that integrates diagnostic information to ensure that interventions are consistent with the individual’s strengths and needs.
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