SW 6402 - Mental Health Practice II: Adults and Aging

This course is the second in a sequence of required practice courses in the Mental Health area of focus. This class provides knowledge, skills, and a value base for Social Work practice with adults and the aging in their families and communities. In this course, students concentrate their studies on the assessment and promotion of mental health for adults and the aging in the context of their families, institutions, and local and global communities. Students will learn to assess the common mental disorders of adults from an eco-bio-psycho-social perspective and to select intervention strategies that fit the needs. Clients may be viewed as having multiple-problem challenges (e.g., in mental health, school learning, physical health, substance abuse, family environment, 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.