Developmental Theories Knowledge and application of development theory constitutes a foundational component of the PMHNP role. You will need to expand your knowledge of theories for professional practice. This week you will choose an attachment, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, or biological developmental theory.   For this discussion forum, using your chosen theory, identify what happens as […]

Conducting a Mental Status Exam Please view and select one of the patients depicted in the following videos. Both patients have different diagnoses and presentations—the diagnosis is apparent from the titles and not the focus of the assignment.   The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the patient and write up a mental status […]

Therapeutic Communication Skills SAMHSA’s Suicide Prevention App   Suicide Safe, for Health Care Providers (3:28 minutes)   SAMHSA’s Suicide Prevention App, Suicide Safe, for Health Care Providers Video Transcript   Practitioners in primary care and other clinic settings have the opportunity to connect to people who may have suicidal ideation and behaviors of concern.   […]

What Factors Influence Self-Injurious Behavior? Watch the videos:   5 Not Obvious Signs of Self Harm (4:16 minutes)   5 Not Obvious Signs of Self Harm Video Video Transcript   Self Harm: What is it About? (12:00 minutes)   Self Harm: What is it About? Video Transcript   Self-injurious behavior is a manifestation of emotion-focused […]

Changing Policy, Changing Lives of People with Chronic Illness Welcome to this week’s discussion! A few suggestions to improve your success in this week’s discussion are as follows. Make your first post no later than Wednesday and be sure to post frequently throughout the week. Avoid mini-papers that seek to answer the questions in one […]

Parenting Children with Chronic Illness Caregiver stress can occur as the demands of providing care for an ill family member increase and intensify. We learn through our readings and videos that family caregivers of all ages experience stress. Some stressors are unique to different stages of life, while others are universally experienced. This week, we […]

Surviving and Surpassing Stigma – The LGBTQ Experience It is important that every person has the opportunity to achieve his or her full health potential. Health organizations from the local to national and global levels are finding ways to eliminate chronic disease and, with it, the painful illness experience. With all these efforts, stigma remains […]

The Cancer Experience An active discussion is the key to an interesting and engaging online course. Discussion in this course is designed to simulate a classroom discussion. As others join in the discussion, you should read what has already been posted and add substantively to the discussion.  We will go through the questions one at […]

Living with Parkinson’s Disease: Mike’s Story An active discussion is the key to an interesting and engaging online course. Discussion in this course is designed to simulate a classroom discussion. As others join in the discussion, you should read what has already been posted and add substantively to the discussion.  We will go through the […]

Life Goes On, Even with a Chronic Illness An active discussion is the key to an interesting and engaging online course. Discussion in this course is designed to simulate a classroom discussion. Rather than having each of you post a “mini paper” in response to the discussion questions, we will go through the questions as […]