Substance Use, Mental Health, and Social Work

3 cr · Undergraduate

This course examines substance use and mental health in the context of social work practice. Emphasis is placed on how social workers collaborate with professionals in other service sectors to support people who are using substances and those with lived experience of mental health. Open to non-Social Work students with a minimum of 54 credit hours and with instructor permission. May not be held with SWRK 4200 when titled “Field Focus- Mental Health” or “Mental Health and Substance Misuse” or “Mental Health & Concurrent Disorders” or “Mental Health & Substance Abuse” or with SWRK 4300 when titled “Field Focus- Mental Health” or “Mental Health and Substance Misuse” or “Mental Health & Concurrent Disorders” or “Mental Health & Substance Abuse.”