SW 722 Psychosocial Pathology (Spring/Summer: 3)

Prerequisite: SW 721
Required of Clinical Social Work students; elective for others.
An examination of the etiology and identification of adult mental disorders utilizing the Axis I-V diagnostic format of the DSM IV-TR. Focus is on psychological, genetic, and biochemical theories of mental illness; biopsychosocial stressors in symptom formation, assessment and treatment; cultural determinants in psychopathology; differential diagnosis; and drug therapies.
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