SW 6052 - Advanced Practice II in Mental Health: Adults and the Aging

In this course, students will learn to assess the common mental disorders of adult and aging populations from an ecological (biopsychosocial-spiritual-environmental) perspective and to select intervention strategies that differentially fit the needs identified in those assessments. Clients will be viewed as typically having multiple-problem challenges (e.g., in mental health, employment, physical health, substance abuse, marriage, legal, etc.) that are best approached by multi-disciplinary teams of professionals and other community members. Students will learn to develop and utilize their conscious-use-of-self in establishing effective helping relationships. Students will also learn to apply the principles of mental health, diversity, and the strength-based perspective when practicing in various inpatient and outpatient settings.