This course offers a survey of the major mental disorders typically encountered by social workers in clinical practice and other areas of practice such as protective services, family services, and court-related service areas. It is designed to increase the social worker's familiarity with diagnostic classifications, criteria, etiologies, and the epidemiology of disorders and social work treatment for disorders.

This course offers a survey of the major mental disorders typically encountered by social workers in clinical practice and other areas of practice such as protective services, family services, and court-related service areas. It is designed to increase the social worker's familiarity with diagnostic classifications, criteria, etiologies, and the epidemiology of disorders and social work treatment for disorders.

This course offers a survey of the major mental disorders typically encountered by social workers in clinical practice and other areas of practice such as protective services, family services, and court-related service areas. It is designed to increase the social worker's familiarity with diagnostic classifications, criteria, etiologies, and the epidemiology of disorders and social work treatment for disorders.

This course is designed to prepare the social worker to conduct culturally sensitive structured, semi-structured and observational clinical assessments of adults, children, families and groups. Special attention will be paid to diagnostic assessments, substance use evaluations, lethality assessments, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based and evidence-informed approaches. Students will learn to develop and implement treatment plans as they relate to the assessment. They will also learn the importance of flexibility in the treatment process.

This course is designed to prepare the social worker to conduct culturally sensitive structured, semi-structured and observational clinical assessments of adults, children, families and groups. Special attention will be paid to diagnostic assessments, substance use evaluations, lethality assessments, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based and evidence-informed approaches. Students will learn to develop and implement treatment plans as they relate to the assessment. They will also learn the importance of flexibility in the treatment process.

This course is designed to prepare the social worker to conduct culturally sensitive structured, semi-structured and observational clinical assessments of adults, children, families and groups. Special attention will be paid to diagnostic assessments, substance use evaluations, lethality assessments, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based and evidence-informed approaches. Students will learn to develop and implement treatment plans as they relate to the assessment. They will also learn the importance of flexibility in the treatment process.

This course is designed to prepare the social worker to conduct culturally sensitive structured, semi-structured and observational clinical assessments of adults, children, families and groups. Special attention will be paid to diagnostic assessments, substance use evaluations, lethality assessments, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based and evidence-informed approaches. Students will learn to develop and implement treatment plans as they relate to the assessment. They will also learn the importance of flexibility in the treatment process.

This course provides the Master's level social work student an opportunity for advanced study of differential diagnostic assessment using the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The course also provides an opportunity for more detailed study of the more common mental disorders seen in social work practice. In conjunction with the Decision Making course it provides an opportunity for advanced study of clinical decision making as it pertains to current mental health assessment.

This course builds on previous content related to clinical decision- making, psychopathology and clinical assessment, and is designed to 1) apply a range of intervention theories to children, adults, families and group, 2) facilitate the student's capacity to conduct a comparative analysis of the approaches across common, conceptual, clinical, cultural and ethical domains, and to provide the forum for a critique of each approach using the latest empirical evidence on efficacy and effectiveness.

This course offers an intensive study of three evidence based practices - one for adult, one for children and one group intervention. It is designed to increase the social worker's familiarity with evidence based practices for social work treatment of mental health disorders.