Presents an overview of social work across health care settings and systems. Physiological, psychosocial, and cultural components of illness considered for individuals, families, and groups. Multidisciplinary team work, crisis intervention, and ethical dilemmas in health care practice explored. Explores the major mental disorders from an understanding of the biological, psychological, social and cultural determinants of mental illness. Emphasis given to the changing roles of social workers who work with people diagnosed with a mental illness.
Depression is the leading mental health problem known today.
Because depressive disorders are characterized by a complex of biological, psychosocial, and intrapsychic components, this course will take a multi focal approach to assessment and treatment. The goal is for students to be able to determine the most effective interventions for particular subgroups of depressed clients. Includes dual diagnosis and suicide assessment. Examines the impact on and treatment of child sexual abuse with adults, children and families. Emphasis is on an integrative biopsychosocial model, identifying acute and long term sequelae, traumatic and developmental effects and various intervention modalities.