HSS 2140 MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT

This course introduces mental health diagnostic, assessment, and treatment planning skills necessary for working within human service-related professions. This course includes exposure to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.   

Credits

2 sh

Offered

• Fall
• Spring

1. As a result of the successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
   
   1. Students will develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes
   2. Students will collect, organize, and interpret client data to assess client strengths and limitations
   3. Select appropriate intervention strategies
   4. Help clients resolve problems with culturally responsive techniques
   5. Students will learn to negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients
   As a result of the successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to collect, organize, and interpret client data to assess client strengths and limitations
2. As a result of the successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to select appropriate intervention strategies
3. As a result of the successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to help clients resolve problems with culturally responsive techniques
4. As a result of the successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients