Social Work in Mental Health Care and Chemically dependent clients
SWRK3003Y(5)
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Description
Classification of mental health conditions; Child Psychopathology; Borderline personalities; Schizophrenic disorders; Depression. Mental health care services and policy; social work tasks and functions in mental health care. Working in multidisciplinary teams. Deconstructing chemical dependency; exploration of theories of alcohol /chemical substance addictions; Pharmacological and physiological factors; Psychoactive substances; commonly used drugs and chemicals and their effect; treatment planning and monitoring detoxification and treatment settings - individual and group counselling; Working with client system and dealing with co-dependency.
