Abstract
This paper describes a course for clinical social work students which presumes social work's core commitment to work at the psychosocial interface, but addresses this commitment using the conceptual tools of social constructionism. The course is based on socia constructionist interests in the social and historical construction of professional knowledge; the value of multiple lenses to understanding any clinical phenomenon; and the inclusion of the position of the subject in the disciplined examination of any theory. We look at the social construction and location of commonly encountered psychiatric diagnoses; at the same time, we use these tools to examine the construction of the professional identities of the course participants.
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