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SCWK 7722 Psychosocial Pathology

Required of Clinical Social Work students; elective for others.. An examination of the etiology and identification of adult mental disorders utilizing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Focus is on psychological, genetic, and biochemical theories of mental illness; biopsychosocial stressors in symptom formation, assessment and treatment; cultural determinants in psychopathology; differential diagnosis; and drug therapies.

Course overview

Department
Social Work
School
SSW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Spring,Every Summer

Catalog details

Prerequisites
SCWK7721

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.43 / 5

Based on 953 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Anshika Hansen-Verma
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.64/5
  • Beth Craft
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.89/5
  • Binh Nguyen
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.58/5
  • Cindy Gordon
    Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.34/5
  • Claire Madden
    Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.81/5
  • Ellen Sophis Gillespie
    Spring 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023 · Official rating 4.28/5
  • Karen Bullock
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025 · Official rating 3.72/5
  • Katherine Nicholas Malvey
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.94/5
  • Kristen Catlin
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.64/5
  • Marietta Lyon
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 3.50/5
  • Natalie Grafft
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 3.62/5
  • Olivia Dubois
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.81/5
  • Robin Warsh
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.64/5
  • Samantha Mcketchnie
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.33/5
  • Scott Easton
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.80/5
  • Tsana Dimanin
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.54/5

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