BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Catalog description

This course develops competence in behavioral health assessment by mastering the accepted diagnostic code, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fifth edition (DSM-5). Explores current diagnostic trends and the limitations and controversies related to the use of the DSM-5. Examines the dynamics of factors associated with mental illness and substance abuse such as development, age, race, ethnicity, and gender, and the interrelationship among biological, psychological, and social/cultural systems that impact diagnosis. Provides a critical overview of Pharmacology, including its limitations and controversies. Addresses aspects of clinical and advanced policy practice in the contemporary environment of behavioral health, including such concepts as telehealth, integrated care, trauma response care, and professional use of self all grounded in social justice and anti-racist practice. Prerequisites: Completion of the Generalist Year or Admission to the Advance Standing option.