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Course Listings 111pharmacological agents used to treat psychiatric disorders across the life span. Requiredfor all psychiatric–mental health nursing program students in the final year of study.Open to others with permission of the instructor. One and one-half hours per week.K. Bailey.865a, Family Psychotherapy Seminar. 1 credit hour. This course examines the majorconceptual frameworks of family therapy, including comparison of family models andbasic concepts underlying an understanding of family systems. Family developmentissues across the life span are addressed. Emphasis is placed on the application of theoryto the clinical realities of families encountered in various inpatient and outpatientsettings. Course content covers selection of appropriate family treatment modalitiesthat take into account the cultural, ethical, and legal issues that have impact onfamily life. Either 865a or 855b, Group Psychotherapy Seminar, is required for allpsychiatric–mental health nursing students. One hour per week. V. Hamrin.869c, Psychiatric Issues in the Primary Care Setting. 1 credit hour. This coursefocuses on the assessment, recognition, and treatment of psychiatric symptoms and diagnosesin nonpsychiatric settings. A biopsychosocial perspective is used to conceptualizecase formulation and differential diagnosis. Focus is on synthesis of physical, psychological,biological, and social data in order to complete a comprehensive psychiatric evaluationand treatment plan. Required along with 658c in the summer following the firstspecialty year for all students electing the psychiatric–mental health nurse practitioneroption. A total of fifteen hours of classroom seminar. S. Talley.871b, Neurobiology and Mental Illness. 1.5 credit hours. This course reviews theanatomy and function of the human brain. To illustrate the organizational plan of thehuman brain, several lectures focus on neurotransmitter pathways. The students’ understandingof brain anatomy and function is augmented by a review of neuroimaging techniques,brain development, and genetics. These findings are applied to neuropsychiatricdisorders such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, depression, bipolardisorder, Tourette syndrome, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The courseaims to build a basic understanding of the neurobiological underpinnings of mental disordersand to apply these principles to the assessment and clinical care of patients withmental disorders. The course is required for all students in the psychiatric–mentalhealth nursing specialty. Strongly recommended to be taken before or with 859a/b, ClinicalPsychopharmacology. Open to others with permission of the instructor. L. Scahill.9o1a, Methods for Nursing Research. 3 credit hours. This course provides an opportunityto examine various research designs used to investigate nursing care and caredelivery. Emphasis is placed on the interrelation among theoretical frameworks, selecteddesigns, control of variables, sample selection, research instruments, data analysis techniques,and interpretation of results. Although this course focuses primarily on quantitativemethods, in-depth illustration of qualitative methods is also provided. Three hoursper week. J. Dixon.