Mental Health and Diagnosis

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Offered: F. Social work has, by far, more professionals working in the field of mental health than any other profession. Social workers are often responsible for the assessment and treatment of individuals and families in this field as well as providing supportive and facilitative services, and acquiring and coordinating environmental resources. These obligations, and the potential devastation of mental illness, as well as inappropriate assessment and treatment, make it imperative that social workers engage in these tasks and responsibilities by making the empowerment and well-being of individuals, families, and communities central to their practice. The four themes of the school-focusing on people's strengths, celebrating and honoring human diversity, promoting social justice, and engaging a critical, and creative approach to practice-require that social workers in this field extend themselves beyond the narrow medical model toward a model that embraces the biological, social, psychological, and spiritual elements of mental illness and mental health. Section information text: This course has on-campus meetings with an online component