Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Across Lifespan I

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This course focuses on the neuroscientific understanding of psychiatric mental health disorders, which includes current evidence in genetics, biochemistry, neuropsychiatry, and behavioral neurology. Students will learn the DSM-5 classification for mental disorders, including etiology, development and course, risk and prognostic factors, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and cultural considerations. Major categories of mental disorders examined in this course are: psychosis and schizophrenia, depression and other mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and substance use disorders. Evidence-based treatment recommendations for psychiatric disorders will be addressed across the developmental lifespan and expanded within psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities courses. Socio-cultural and ethical implications of the psychiatric mental health diagnosis also will be discussed.