PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

Catalog description

This practice course focuses on a biopsychosocial understanding of mental wellbeing and mental illness from a social work and social environment perspective. It gives special attention to the social work view in relation to the person in in environment and other classification systems available to the person in environment and other classification systems available to the practitioner. The course emphasizes an appreciation of the critical influence of culture, class, race and ethnicity, religion, and social values of the individual, family, group and social institutions in the assessment of client strengths and vulnerabilities. This course critically reviews current classification systems and major theories regarding the nature of mental disorders, their diagnoses and etiologies, and the treatment approaches available to help people in their discovery.