SWRK 353. Introduction to Mental Health Practice.
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SWRK 353
Introduction to Mental Health Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduces specialized knowledge and assessment skills in mental health first aid and crisis intervention through the lens of social, cultural, and historical developments. Particular emphasis is placed on the dynamics of institutional responses to mental illness and current conditions and programs, the differential
effects of mental illness with regard to age, race, culture, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, the changing conceptions of cause, diagnosis, and treatment across time and socio-cultural boundaries, recovery interventions and comprehensive assessments
- Restriction: Limited to "Qualifying Year" MSW students only
- Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students
- Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students. Not open to BSW students who have taken SWRK 424.
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