657a. Mental Health Assessment across the Life Span. 2 credit hours. This course provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to conduct the mental health evaluation of individuals at all points of the life span. Students learn to collect data guided by the principles of general health screening, DSM IV, therapeutic interviewing, and comprehensive history taking. A multi-explanation framework is used to conceptualize case formulation and the examination of differential diagnoses. Health screening emphasizes risks to the psychiatric population, and physical conditions and genetic background in relation to mental health. Major components of mental health assessment are interviewing techniques, mental status examinations, psychosocial developmental history, family history, and sociocultural influences. Specific evaluation techniques for substance use and abuse, sexual dysfunction, developmental stage, and risk for dangerousness are included. Laboratory and clinical assignments will be used to complement lecture material. Required for all psychiatric–mental health nursing students in the first year of specialization. Open to others with permission of the instructor. One and one-half hours per week; laboratory work is one and one-half hours per week (equivalent to .5 credits). S. Talley, J. Iennaco.
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