Mental Health and Social Work

Catalog description

SOWK 4473. Mental Health and Social Work. Examines the mental health care system within its sociocultural and policy contexts. Students explore biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives on mental health conditions and use the current DSM to classify disorders and consider prevalence and comorbidity. A holistic, person-in-environment approach guides assessment and intervention through biopsychosocial, risk-and-resilience, and strengths-based frameworks. Introduces major treatment modalities and emphasizes analyzing research and policy to understand how systems influence mental health outcomes. This course and its learning objectives are required for CSWE accreditation. Prerequisite: SOWK 2813 . Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.