HRTS 3139: Clinical Conditions with Adults and Older Adults

Practice course paying equal attention to the values, skills, and knowledge required for social work practice with adults and older adults who have a range of bio-psychosocial problems related to mental disorders. Students will learn a range of assessment and intervention skills and become familiarized with current psychiatric classification systems, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Students will demonstrate the ability to access the most recent empirical and practice knowledge and to develop skills related to work in a variety of mental health settings. Mental disorders will be learned within the context of the larger bio-psychosocial system and attention is paid to differences based upon such variables as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and physical ability. Formerly offered as IGFP 5346.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall 2026

Campuses

Storrs

Requirements

SSW 5101; open only to M.S.W. students in the Individuals, Groups and Families concentration.

Fall 2026 sections

Taught by Asif Majid.

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