CLIN883 Mental Health Disparities
This course will engage students with the literature of mental health and mental health care disparities in underserved and unserved communities, including individuals from multiple disadvantaged backgrounds. The course covers best practices, theoretical models, and advocacy and policy issues involved in working with and engaging underserved communities. Students learn knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to both decrease mental health and mental health care disparities and effectively serve the needs of underserved individuals, often within the context of community mental health. Enrollment priority is given to DCMH students.