PNP 807 - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Care in the Primary Care Setting

Cr Hrs: 3 (3-0)

This course guides the student in integration of behavioral health care in the pediatric primary care setting. Content focuses on the recognition and management of selected behavioral health problems that commonly present in the pediatric primary care settings. Developmental theories and neurophysiological, genomic, and environmental/social factors are presented to explain the etiology and presentation of common pediatric behavioral health conditions. Psychopharmacological and nonpharmacological principles and modalities for managing common pediatric behavioral health problems are included
Grade Mode: Standard
Mode of Delivery: Online Instructional Method: Lecture-based
Prerequisites: PNP 801 Primary Care of Children
Term offered: Fall

Instructor of Record, Fall: Kathleen Gaffney