Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Graduate status in Nursing OR Instructor Consent.
Course Attribute:
Interactive Video Conferencing
Description
Focuses on current nonpsychotic mood and anxiety disorders through review of a range of theoretical and treatment perspectives that form the basis for current standards of intervention. Content includes screening and treatment for depression/anxiety disorders in primary care, development of collaborative models of practice for advanced practice psychiatric/mental health nurses, theories and methods in crisis intervention, and suicidal assessment and interventions. Appropriate assessment and treatment and understanding importance of evaluation of clinical practice emphasized.