PMH 771 Assessment & Diagnosis Across the Lifespan for PMHNP

Credits: 6
This purpose of this course is to utilize knowledge of psychopathology, neuroscience, and diagnostic classification to assess, diagnose, evaluate, and document mental health problems and psychiatric disorders across the lifespan for clinical decision making. Diagnostic reasoning is introduced, with attention to social, cultural and systems perspectives. Students learn to select and interpret appropriate standardized measurement tools as part of the assessment process. Communication, education, and collaboration with the client’s formal and informal support systems, parents/guardians, family, school, support systems, and the interdisciplinary teams are emphasized.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit