Emerging Issues in Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to current issues confronting providers of mental health and addiction services and consumers of these services as we enter the 21st Century. Philosophies about people with mental health, addiction and co-occurring disorders are changing in response to the developing knowledge base and the rise of consumer movements. Specific emphasis on the growing need for broad based multicultural service systems for consumers will be fostered. Issues of poverty and the "severely and predominantly mentally ill" will be discussed. Elective course for Substantive Area: Focused Area of Study on Health and Wellness. Formerly offered as HBEL 5393.