4.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Provides an overview of the major disorders in the current edition of the DSM. Examines a range of mental disorders from adjustment disorders to serious psychopathologies, and includes an overview of the etiology, developmental course, multiaxial diagnosis, treatment planning, and policy/advocacy issues associated with various disorders to address socially responsible practice. Addresses biological, environmental, cultural, intrapersonal, and interpersonal risk and protective factors, along with the sociocultural and theoretical critiques of limitations of diagnosis and the DSM.