Adult Psychopharmacology Course

Common Mental Health Disorders

What you'll learn
Students will be able to understand common mental health disorders and their treatment
Requirements
Basic knowledge of pharmacology
Description
This course is designed for medical professions such as Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Doctors, and Physician Assistants but can be used by person who wants to gain knowledge of this topic. The purpose of this course is to provide education on the most common mental health disorders such as dementia, anxiety, and depression and their respective pharmacological and non pharmacological interventions for treatment. The most common mental health disorders are also commonly seen in nursing and medical practice and therefore all practitioners should have some understanding of such disorders. This course provides basic knowledge as well as detailed summaries of dosages of treatment medications for the disorders making it versatile and easy to use for students of all levels. Prevalence statistics and an overviews of the mental health conditions are also discussed in this course. There are also practice notes to help guide the learner to best practices.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Objectives

Lecture 2 Delirium

Lecture 3 Dementia

Lecture 4 Anxiety

Lecture 5 Depression

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Doctors, Physician Assistants