SOWK 6290 Psychopathology & Psychopharmacology
This course provides an overview of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications in the field of professional counseling. The course assists the counselor in understanding his or her role in working with medical professionals in the concurrent treatment of mental health issues using an interdisciplinary approach. Also addressed in this course are medications and drugs of abuse included in the substance-use disorders section of the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.