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MSWK 6762 - Mental Health Issues with Adults

Credits: 3
This course reviews with adults who are experiencing mental health issues with a specific emphasis on the Afrocentric and Feminist Perspectives. It employs the use of DSM-5TR and strength based psychosocial assessments and treatment planning, diversity issues, the impact of managed care, influence of poverty in welfare reform, and ethical concerns and the psychopathologies of adulthood: schizophrenia; mood disorder; anxiety; adjustment and dissociative disorders; substance-related disorders; personality disorders with special attention to borderline, narcissistic and anti-social personality disorder. Health conditions impacting mental health including HIV/AIDS and dementia are also examined.

Prerequisite(s): MSWK 6650 , MSWK 6651 , and MSWK 6670 


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