OTA-121 - Psychosocial Pathology

3 credits

The classification system for psychiatric diagnoses helps professionals in occupational therapy understand their patients’ problems, communicate with one another and design clinical interventions. This course will explore how medical practitioners view individuals with mental health problems and the implications of psychiatric symptoms for our clients’ functional abilities. This is a hybrid course; approximately 50% of course meetings are held on site, 50% on line. Course materials and assignments are posted on Blackboard.

Prerequisite(s): PSY-210, SOC-101, OTA-123, and ENG-102 or ENG-104

Corequisite(s): OTA-117 OTA-126 OTA-130 RCH-200

Course previously known as: OCCP-301