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Dec 26, 2024
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SWK 640 - Mental Health: History, Theories, Treatment 3 Credit Hours
This course presents mental health through a distinctly social work perspective. The course introduces students to biological, developmental and environmental sources of mental illness and to empirically recognized risk, mediating and protective factors that influence these sources. The course emphasizes assessment, including the use of DSM-5, with approaches to evaluate human behavior and functioning throughout the lifespan, and advanced clinical skills to treat clients with special attention given to vulnerable and diverse populations. The person is not defined by diagnosis or condition. Mental illness is seen through different theoretical orientations including strengths perspective and also within a social context. Persons are viewed holistically, as participating members of their families and communities. The course will also address stigma and mental health, providing students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the concept of mental health stigma and its impact on the life course of individuals with mental illness, their loved ones, and on our society at large.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 510 and SWK 550 or advanced standing.
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