APN: Diagnosis and Evidence-Based Treatment of Mental Health Disorders Across the Lifespan

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This course provides the student with knowledge and skills to perform advanced clinical differential diagnoses and management of individuals with mental disorders across the lifespan by acquiring knowledge of the diagnostic criteria of the DSM. Students will also learn the foundations and elements and strategies of the major psychotherapeutic modalities used in mental health disorders across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Nursing 761 and 762. Corequisite: Nursing 763 and 765.