SW 7902: Suicide Assessment, Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All MSW Foundational-Level courses or Advanced Standing in MSW program
This MSW graduate-level special elective course will examine the epidemiology and etiology of suicide, focusing on prevention, intervention, and postvention at the micro level from a social work lens. Most of the course will focus on (a) assessing, documenting, and managing suicide risk; (b) working with a client’s suicidality using Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (B-CBT) for Suicide Prevention; and (c) postvention approaches with survivors of suicide loss.