521b. Seminar in Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing.2 credit hours. In combination with 520b, this seminar provides students with the foundations of psychopathology within the framework of mental health and mental illness. Biopsychosocial theories of human behavior are presented as they relate to function, alteration, and/or disruption of mental processes. Content includes the assessment, theoretical explanation, and treatment of symptoms directly related to patient behavior. Current knowledge related to nursing care, psychiatric treatment, and psychosocial rehabilitation of identified mentally ill adults and various cultural and social aspects of mental illness is emphasized. Required for all students in the prespecialty year. Three hours per week, first half of spring term. D. Olsen.
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