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This course is required in the second semester for first year
direct practice students in the community mental health concentration.
The course aims to equip students with knowledge, skills, and
attitudes needed for culturally competent, recovery sensitive
practice consistent with California's Mental Health Services Act.
Students will learn theoretical concepts underpinning a range
of interventions and will learn the appropriate selection and
application of given interventions. Emphasis will be on the acquisition
of skills and knowledge relevant to treating individuals encountered
public mental health systems, and their application to social
work practice.
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As a result
of participation in this course, the student should be able to:
- Think critically
about the major psychodiagnostic categories and be able to augment
such characterizations with more holistic notions of human functioning.
- Recognize
the major conceptual models: psychiatric, rehabilitation, recovery,
and ecological; the strengths of each, and how to draw from
each.
- Demonstrate
knowledge of a variety of clinical modalities for treating major
mental illness and how to select the appropriate one.
- Demonstrate
basic clinical writing ability.
- Show general
familiarity with cross-cultural issues in diagnostic assessment
and treatment.
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A lecture/discussion
format will be utilized with some skills building time included.
The use of case material will be infused throughout, and some
video material will be used. Students will be expected to select
a case, from their field work, or past work experience. This case
will be serially utilized throughout the course, to practice and
illustrate techniques and paradigms. It is important to read the
assignments before class so as to facilitate discussion. The course
is posted in the University's "bSpace" software format.
This means that students will have ongoing access to readings
and lecture material.
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There is
no required text. All readings, both required and recommended
are posted as PDF files on the bSpace site. These may be read,
downloaded, or printed. For students who prefer low tech methods,
one copy of the required readings will be on reserve in the social
welfare library. Individual articles may be checked out, one at
a time. A recommended text, for those who wish to purchase it,
is, Zuckerman, E. L., Clinician's thesaurus. New York:
Guilford Press.
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The course
will focus on the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Because
part of the latter is taught experientially, class attendance
is essential. Course grades will be determined by three equal
components. Class participation will count one-third, a mid-term
written assignment of 5-8 pages due April 1 will count
one-third, and an in-class cumulative examination given on May
6 will determine the final third of the course grade.
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DATE
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CLASS
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ASSIGNMENTS
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Week
1
1/22/08
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Introduction,
Course Organization, Conceptual Model for Practice
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Required
Reading
Miller,
J. (2002). Social workers as diagnosticians (Chapter 3). In
K. J. Bentley (Ed.), Social work practice in mental health
(pp. 43-72). Brooks/Cole.
Skill
Building - Observation and Inference
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Week
2
1/29/08 |
Serious
Mental Illness: Etiology and Concepts, the Strengths Perspective
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Required
Reading
Intervention
with persons with severe mental illness: Theories, concepts,
and philosophies (Chapter 10). In R. G. Sands (2001), Clinical
social work practice in behavioral health (pp. 231-254).
Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Sullivan,
W. P. (1997). On strengths, niches, and recovery from serious
mental illness (Chapter 12). In D. Saleeby, The strengths
perspective in social work practice (pp. 183-197). Longman
Publishers.
Skill
Building - Descriptive language, the strength -pathology
continuum
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Week
3
2/5/08
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Clinical
Case Management, Overcoming Stigma
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Required
Reading
Jackson,
R. L. (2001). Roles, self-efficacy and the work-empowering
applications of theory to generalist practice (pp. 56-72).
Brooks/Cole.
Drake,
R. E., Becker, D. R., & Bond, G. R. (2003). Recent Research
on Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Severe Mental
Illness. Curr. Opin. Psychiatry, 16(4), 451-455.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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Week
4
2/12/08 |
Syndromes
and Techniques I
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Required
Reading
Pratt,
et al. (1999). Course outcome and treatment of severe and
persistent mental illnesses (Chapter 3). In Psychiatric
rehabilitation (pp. 59-86). Academic Press.
Recommended
Reading
Chadwick,
et al. (1996). A cognitive view of delusions and voices (Chapter
1). In Cognitive therapy for delusions, voices, and paranoia
(pp. 1-24). New York: Wiley.
Schizophrenia:
Schizophrenia.htm
(37081 Bytes)
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Week
5
2/19/08 |
Syndromes
and Techniques II |
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Required
Reading:
Organista,
K. C., & Valdes Dwyer, E. (1996). Clinical case management
and cognitive-behavioral therapy: Integrated psychosocial
services for depressed Latino primary care patients (Chapter
5). In P. Manoleas (Ed.), The cross-cultural practice of
clinical case management. New York: Haworth.
Websites
for Further Optional Reading by Diagnoses
Depression
http://www.symptoms-of-depression.com/
http://www.learn-about-depression.com/
http://www.treatments-for-depression.com/
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html
http://www.focusondepression.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
http://www.healingwell.com/depression/
http://www.hypericum.com/ http://www.hypericum.com/
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/depression
Bipolar
Disorders
http://www.bpso.org/
/ http://www.harbor-of-refuge.org/
http://www.courtcastle.com/bpd3m/
http://www.thewindsofchange.org/
Anxiety
Disorders
http://www.charitablechoices.org/adaa/
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/
http://www.childhoodanxietynetwork.org/htm/td1.htm
Schizophrenia
and Schizoaffective Disorders
http://www.schizophrenia.org/
http://www.mhsource.com/narsad/
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
http://www.world-schizophrenia.org/
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Severely Mentally Ill Women
Video:
Dialogues with Mad Women
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Required
Reading
Wile,
J. R., & Spielvogel, A. M. (1996). Gender as culture:
Competent case management for women with major psychiatric
disorders (Chapter 12). In P. Manoleas (Ed.), The cross-cultural
practice of clinical case management. New York: Haworth.
Recommended
Reading
Center
for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Meeting the challenge: Ending treatment disparities
for women of color, a background paper.
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Week
7
3/4/08 |
The
Recovery Model: Consumer Empowerment Through Self-Efficacy
Video:
The National Empowerment Center
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Required
Reading
Mezzina,
R., et al (2006). The social nature of recovery: Discussion
and implications for practice. American Journal of Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, 9(1), 63-80.
Recommended
Reading
Donohue,
A. B. (2000). Riding the mental health pendulum: Mixed messages
in the era of neurobiology and self-help movements. Social
Work, 45(5), 427-438.
Deegan,
P. R. (2003). Discovering Recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Journal, 26(4), 368-376.
Priscilla
Ridgeway, "Principles of Emerging Recovery..."
Recommended
Websites
www.patdeegan.com
www.casra.org
www.ucpsychrehab.org
http://shrp.umdnj.edu/smi/
www.bu.edu/cpr
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Week
8
3/11/08 |
Clinical
Writing
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Required
Reading
Johnson,
D., & Johnson, S. (2003). Problems (Chapter 7) and Long
& short term goals (Chapter 8). In Real world treatment
planning (pp. 47-64). Brooks/Cole.
Manoleas,
P. A syntactical approach to clinical charting.
Skill
and Empathy Building - Experiencing non-ordinary cognitions
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Week
9
3/18/08
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A Cross-Cultural
View of Service Delivery
Video:
The Culture of Emotions
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Required
Reading:
Edwards,
V. R. (1996). Clinical case management with severely mentally
ill African-Americans (Chapter 7). In P. Manoleas (Ed.),
The cross-cultural practice of clinical case management.
New York: Haworth.
Snowden,
L. R. (2003). Bias in mental health assessment and intervention:
Theory and evidence. American Journal of Public Health,
93(2), 239-243.
Williams,
B. (2003). The worldview dimensions of individualism and collectivism:
Implications for counseling. Journal of Counseling and
Development, 81, 370-374.
Recommended
Reading:
Manoleas,
P., & Garcia, B. (2003) Clinical algorithms as tools for
psychotherapy with Latino Clients. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 73(2), 154-166.
Lu, F.
G., Lim, R. F., & Mezzich, J. E. (1995) Issues in the
assessment and diagnosis of culturally diverse individuals.
Review of Psychiatry, 14, 1-23.
Skill
Building - Using the DSM-III R cultural formulation
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Week
10
3/25/08 |
Spring
Break - No Class
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Week
11
4/1/08 |
Psychotropic
Medications
Mid-Term
Assignment Due
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Required
Reading:
Bentley,
K. J., Walsh, J. F. (2001). Medication adherence and refusal
(Chapter 7), and Medication monitoring and management (Chapter
8). In The social worker and psychotropic medication
(pp. 181-224). Brooks/Cole.
Psychotherapeutic
Medications 2003. What every counselor should know. http://www.mattc.org/
Published in 2000 by the Mid-America Addiction Technology
Transfer Center (MATTC) University of Missouri-Kansas City.
pp. 1-22.
Recommended
Reading:
Glossary
of Medication Terminology.
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Week
12
4/8/08
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Groups
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Required
Reading:
Theoretical
issues (Chapter 3). In N. Kanas (1996), Group therapy for
schizophrenic patients (pp. 33-48). APA Press.
Malekoff,
A. (2004). Good beginnings in group work: Socializing adolescents
into the group culture (Chapter 5). In: Andrew Malekoff, Group
work with adolescents: Principles and practice (pp. 90-112)
(2nd Ed.) New York: Guilford Press.
Skill
Building - Group planning for various SMI populations
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Week
13
4/15/08 |
SED
Children & Adolescents I
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Required
Reading:
Garbarino,
J., & Stott, F. M. (1989). Communicating with children:
Introduction to the issues (Chapter 1). In Garbarino &
Stott, What children can tell us: Eliciting, interpreting,
and evaluating information from children (pp. 1-17). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Friedberg,
R. D. (2002). How to do cognitive behavioral therapy with
young children. Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavioral
Letter, 18(4): 1, 6. Manisses Communications Group,
Inc.
Recommended
Reading:
Stroul
& Friedman, The system of care concept and philosophy
(Chapter 1). In B. A. Stroul, Children's mental health:
Creating systems of care in a changing society (pp. 3-21).
Baltimore: Paul Brooks Publishing Co.
Hanna,
F. J., Hanna, C. A., & Keys, S. G. (1999). Fifty strategies
for counseling defiant, ggressive adolescents: Reaching, accepting,
and relating. Journal of Counseling & Development,
Vol. 77, No.4, 395-405.
Scott,
S. (2002). Classification of psychiatric disorders in childhood
and adolescence: Building castles in the sand? Advances
in Psychiatric Treatment, Vol. 8, pp. 205-213.
For a
general discussion of the non-medical use/abuse of Ritalin
see:
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publications/iprc/factline/ritalin.html
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Week
15
4/22/08 |
Comorbid
Populations: Mental Illness & Substance Abuse |
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Required
Reading:
Drake,
R. E., Wallach, M. A., & McGovern, M. P. (2005). Relapse
prevention: Future directions in preventing relapse to substance
abuse among clients with severe mental illness. Psychiatric
Services, 56(10), P1297.
Skill
Building - Comprehensive Co-Morbid Assessment and Intervention
Planning
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Week
16
4/29/08 |
Families
& Support Networks, Course Wrap-Up |
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Required
Reading:
Engaging
the family of the person with mental illness (Chapter 12).
In J. Walsh (2000). Clinical case management with persons
having mental illness: A relationship-based perspective
(pp. 194-209). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Telles,
C., et al. (1995). Immigrant families coping with schizophrenia:
Behavioral family intervention v. case management with a low-income
Spanish-speaking population. British Journal of Psychiatry,
167, 473-479.
For
Further Reading:
Urdaneta,
M., Winkler, A., & Saldana (1995). Severe mental illness
as perceived by Mexican American patients' families in South
Texas. The Hispanic Research Center the University of
Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78249-0603.
Further
Web Resources:
National
Alliance of the Mentally Ill --
http://www.nami.org/
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Week
17
5/6/08 |
In-Class
Final Examination |
[posted 2/5/08]
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