2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NURS 665 - Psychiatric Mental Health Diagnosis and Management III


Credits: Three
Prerequisite: NURS 663 and NURS 664
Corequisite: NURS 667

This course is designed to synthesize theoretical knowledge and evidenced based research for psychiatric-mental health specialty areas with a focus on life span issues.  A continued expansion of knowledge in a variety of theories and models will be used to further enhance an understanding of complex mental health disorders in order to diagnose, treat, and evaluate a variety of specialty issues among patients across the life span.  Students will develop an advanced knowledge of various psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions including individual and group psychotherapies to treat various complex DSM-5 disorders across the life span.