NUR 5300

MH Across the Lifespan

This course provides synthesis of theoretical content and clinical practice guidelines for assessing, diagnosing, and intervening in dysfunctional coping patterns and psychiatric disorders of individuals across the lifespan. The DSM5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) will be used as the basis for diagnostic nomenclature across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on the assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of mental health disorders in special populations. The course reviews diagnostic scales and tools, effective evidence-based treatments, interface with families, developmental task resolution, legal/ethical decision-making, socialization, and the complexity of medical comorbidities. This content is then conceptualized and operationalized relative to the advanced practice psychiatric nursing role and its interface with both the interdisciplinary psychiatric team of care and other health care professionals involved in the holistic treatment of the patient.

Units: 3.0