2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

SCWK 340 Mental Health and Diagnosis

This course will cover basic skills of working with individuals who require interventions because of a mental health diagnosis.  Students will become familiar with mental health diagnoses as they exist in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association; issues regarding clients who are prescribed psychotropic medications to treat those diagnoses, and roles of social workers and counselors in providing services to those clients and their families.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

PSYC 340

Prerequisite

PSYC 101 or SCWK 205