Psychiatric-Mental Health I

Catalog description

This is the first clinical course in the four clinical course sequence for PMH NP students. The focus of this course is on the advanced practice nurse psychotherapist role, with attention to knowledge and skills of a trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, biopsychosocial perspective. An overview of therapies for care of individuals, groups and families across the life span with mental health disorders are studied. Models of personality development and family dynamics provide a theoretical basis for understanding the development of psychopathology and selection of appropriate therapeutic strategies. The emphasis is on therapeutic communication and select psychotherapies based on cultural concepts, lifespan applications, social determinants of health, and ethical competencies. Knowledge and skills for self-refection and supervision are developed. The course also includes clinical experiences focusing on individual psychotherapy across the lifespan.