SW 7830: Psychopathology and Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Service Planning I

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All MSW Foundational-Level courses or Advanced Standing in MSW program
This two-sequenced course focuses on understanding psychopathology, as represented in the latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This first sequence focuses on an orientation to the brain, psychopathology, and diagnosis; and the etiology, identification, assessment, and treatment of mental disorders found within at least four diagnostic classifications of the DSM. 