NURS 5357 Neurobiology Overview: Mental Health and Illness
This course is foundational for advanced practice nurses caring for individuals with mental disorders as well as substance use disorders. The course focuses on key mental disorders across the lifespan. Multifactorial causes for these disorders are explored, including developmental, genetic, injury, trauma, infection, and neurodegeneration. Maintenance of homeostasis within the mind- body relationship will be examined with respect to mental disorders.