SW 952 (1ON) - Human Behavior and the Social Environment III

HBSE III

Durham   Health & Human Services :: Social Work
Credits: 3.0
Term: Summer 2022 - E-term V (05/23/2022 - 07/15/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   15  
CRN: 70139
Designed to acquaint master's degree students with the epidemiology, classification, and etiology of the major mental illnesses; with a primary objective to develop the student's diagnostic skills in the field of psychopathology. Students become familiar with historical and current mental health policy issues. At course conclusion students have an effective working knowledge of the bio-psycho-social basis of the major mental disorders, the behavioral symptomology that characterizes them, the use of psychotropic medication in treatment, and their classification according to the current DSM system. Prereq: SW 850 and SW 851.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed majors in section: SOCIAL WORK OL
Attributes: Online (no campus visits), EUNH
Instructors: Will Lusenhop

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
5/23/2022 7/15/2022 Hours Arranged ONLINE
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Texts for the Course 

Corcoran, Jacqueline, Walsh, Joseph M. (2020) Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment, 3rd Edition. Pearson Education Inc. New York. 

Shim, Ruth S, Vinson, Sara Y (2021). Social (In) Justice in Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Publishing, Washington, DC. (Available online through the UNH Library https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unh/detail.action?docID=6423683

DSM-5 database online through the UNH Library

Booklist

Corcoran, Jacqueline, Walsh, Joseph M. (2020) Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment, 3rd Edition. Pearson Education Inc. New York. (UNH Library e-Text) Shim, Ruth S, Vinson, Sara Y (2021). Social (In) Justice in Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Publishing, Washington, DC. (Available online through the UNH Library https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unh/detail.action?docID=6423683 ( UNH Library) DSM-5 database online through the UNH Library