SOWK 555Adv P I: Mental Hlth/Addiction

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This specialty course focuses on practice models and methods of intervention for effective social work practice in mental health and addictions, including the promotion of mental health, the prevention of mental illnesses and addictions (with special emphasis on relapse prevention), and the delivery of psychosocial treatments and rehabilitation services. This course has a specific emphasis on services to individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness, substance abuse in conjunction with mental illness (dual-diagnosis population) and/or who are recovering from the effects of severe traumatic events. A second major emphasis is on culturally competent and gender-specific interventions and special issues for groups who have been subject to oppression. Mental health and addiction disparities will be considered in relation to diagnoses, treatment options, and case disposition within the mental health system.