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74 School of Nursingpsychiatric–mental healthThe Post Master’s Psychiatric–Mental Health Certificate option is designed for individualswho have a master’s degree in nursing and have found a high rate of psychiatricproblems in their practice that are difficult to assess and manage. Just as medical problemsgo unrecognized in psychiatric settings, psychiatric problems are also unrecognizedin nonpsychiatric settings. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the general populationis on the increase and constitutes a major public health problem. An estimated tento twenty percent of primary health care clients suffer from a well-defined and chronicpsychiatric disorder. Despite previous assumptions that these problems were self-limitingand benign, more recent studies show that a considerable proportion are chronic andassociated with significant disability and increased utilization of costly health care services.Most people with treatable psychiatric conditions are underdiagnosed, undertreated, orentirely untreated.Research courses are not included in this plan of study. The course plan may beobtained from the Student Affairs Office or the Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursingspecialty director.Upon completion of the required courses in the option, graduates have the educationalpreparation necessary for certification in advanced psychiatric–mental healthnursing by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center.Required courses for all post master’s psychiatric–mental health certificate studentsare 554a or 630a, 656a, 657a, 659a, 659b, 661b, 850a/b or b/c, 851b, 855b, 859a/b,865a, and 871b.joint degreesJoint Degree in Nursing and ManagementRecognizing the relation between nursing and management, the Yale School of Nursingand the Yale School of Management offer a joint-degree opportunity in nursing andmanagement. This option is especially oriented to individuals who wish to combineadvanced practice nursing skills and management skills in careers in the private andpublic health sector that would involve direct practice, planning, and policy making in avariety of health care systems. The joint-degree option requires three years (four yearsfor students in the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing) and awards a Master of Sciencein Nursing and a Master of Business Administration. Application is made afterenrollment in the School of Nursing during the first specialty year. All students mustmeet with the associate dean for academic affairs and the chairperson of the master’s programprior to applying to discuss the feasibility of the program of study.Joint Degree in Nursing and Public HealthRecognizing the relation between nursing and public health, the Yale School of Nursingand the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health offer a joint-degree opportu-