Psychosocial Disorders & Occupational Therapy Assessment

Catalog description

This course provides an exploration of psychosocial disorders and occupational therapy mental health assessment. Focus is on the classification of mental disorders categorized in the DSM-5. Students will learn how psychosocial conditions impact occupational performance of the individual from the dimensional perspectives of symptomatic features, culture, life span development, gender differences, genetic and environmental factors. Students will learn and demonstrate how to select and administer the appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments that contribute to treatment planning, intervention design, evaluation, documentation, and discharge planning in psychosocial practice. Students will continue to develop their clinical reasoning skills as they explore ethical, cultural, social, and environmental factors associated with mental health disorders. Prerequisite Course(s): OCTH 708