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Mar 12, 2025
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SW 710 - Advanced Multidimensional Assessment (3 units)
The concepts and language of mental health and mental disorders; primary focus on the classification system of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), mental health diagnostic categories and the diagnostic process.
Prerequisite(s): SW 681 or admission to Advanced Standing MSW program.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. provide a strengths-based, person-in-environment social work perspective as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
2. analyze how assessment is used at various agencies and write professional assessments/reports that document assessment information.
3. integrate understandings from a range of perspectives in assessing clients across levels and fields of practice.
4. integrate understandings from a range of perspectives in assessing clients across levels and fields of practice.
5. integrate understandings from a range of perspectives in assessing clients across levels and fields of practice.
6. discuss cultural factors that impact the signs and symptoms that can lead to misdiagnosis of mental illness.
7. integrate information from multiple sources of information and research to inform assessments.
8. critically evaluate the risks of “diagnosing” and “misdiagnosing” clients.
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