About the Course

The Elite Nurse Practitioner has collaborated with Nicholas Goodwin, DNP, PMHNP to create The Clinical Psychiatry for the Nurse Practitioner Course, a complete resource for all things mental health. Serving as a foundational learning tool for non-psychiatric NPs and a comprehensive review for PMHNPs, this course is the clinical companion to the How to Start a Psychiatric Practice Course. Participants can opt for either the clinical or business component of our psychology collection, or bundle them together for serious savings! Completion of the full course line awards 14 CEU hours and provides all of the knowledge needed to build a thriving psychiatric practice.   

This course is designed for the nurse practitioner who aims to expand their clinical knowledge of a variety of psychiatric disciplines. We cover the most common mental health conditions and medications a nurse practitioner of any specialty will see in practice. Established or new grad PMHNPs can use this course as a refresher, giving you access to the most timely clinical breakthroughs in psychiatry. Course instructor Nicholas Goodwin offers unique perspectives on novel psychiatric treatments, helping you to think outside of the box in your own practice.  

One in four people in the United States will suffer from a diagnosable mental health condition in any given year, with these numbers steadily increasing over the past decade. Mental health conditions are nondiscriminatory and can affect people across all demographics. This means that every NP will encounter patients dealing with emotional health issues in their practice. Providers now have an obligation to step up to the plate and help alleviate the symptoms associated with a spectrum of treatable disorders.  

This course aims to equip nurse practitioners of all specialties with the tools needed to improve patient outcomes in clinical psychiatric care settings. We provide a thorough review of foundational psychological principles, teach best practices for diagnosis, and provide data on the efficacy of pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical interventions.  New graduates or those interested in business ownership will also get firsthand anecdotes from a psychiatric practice owner, which can help determine if this career path is right for you.  

You will learn: 

• The regulations, liabilities and risks of providing mental health services  
• Patient communication and rapport building techniques 
• How to appropriately diagnose mental health disorders 
• Distinctions between individual mood disorders  
• Pharmacological treatments of unipolar-nonpsychotic depression, including dosing, side effects, discontinuation, and cross tapering therapies 
• Treatment strategies for mixed depressive states and bipolar depression 
• An overview of widely used antipsychotic therapies  
• Efficacy of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and PTSD 
• Diagnosis and treatment of ADHD 
• An overview of substance use disorders and their treatment 
• Evaluation and management of sleep disorders. 
• Suicidal risk assessment and intervention procedures 
• Documentation of mental health conditions for the non-psych nurse practitioner 
• How to code for mental health visits 

Plus, this course will award 8 official CEU hours, with 4 hours designated as pharmacology hours. Completion will help you stay up to date with certifications and licenses! 

A 295-slide presentation is narrated by Nicholas Goodwin and Elite Nurse Practitioner founder Justin Allan and is available in audio streaming format for learning on the go. This course will also include a package of screening tools that can be incorporated into clinical procedures. As a bonus, we also include a clinical cheat sheet that covers the most common conditions and their recommended treatment strategies. This will help you reference course content wherever you are in practice!  

If you want to expand your clinical knowledge, assess/treat mental health conditions more effectively, and earn some CE hours, take this course today! Completion of this course will help you become a more well-rounded nurse practitioner and improve patient outcomes. So, what are you waiting for? Start your learning journey now!

Enroll for only $499! 

Bundle this course with our psychiatric business logistics course to save big and develop a well-rounded understanding of the clinical psychiatry field. Completion of this package earns participants 14 CEU hours! 

Frequently Asked Questions

Will I have unlimited access to this course? 

You can access this course however many times you want for however long you want. All Elite Nurse Practitioner Courses are pre-recorded and accessible indefinitely.

Will this course be beneficial for the established PMHNP? 

Absolutely! According to Nicholas Goodwin, DNP PMHNP, "This is a solid review for any experienced PMHNP!" This is a great update and refresher for the PMHNP, plus you will earn CE hours that will go towards your certification and license!

Will this course cover the foundations of treating anxiety and depression? 

Yes! Anxiety and depression are the most common mental health conditions a nurse practitioner will see; therefore, this course covers the intricacies of each in detail. Every nurse practitioner needs to understand how to accurately and safely diagnose and treat patients with anxiety and depression.

I am a NP that works in a primary care office, will this benefit me? 

100%! This course was designed specifically for you. Our aim is to help educate all nurse practitioners on how to safely and accurately diagnose and treat the most common psychiatric conditions because we all see these patients on a daily basis.

Do I need to be psych certified to see mental health patients? 

No, you do not. However, it’s crucial to have the proper education and training in mental health. This is what our course provides. Patients who are treatment resistant, who have difficult presentations, and who have advanced disease should be referred to your PMHNP colleagues. 

This course is designed to help provide non-psych NPs with ways to assess and treat common conditions, not take over the job of a PMHNP.

Do I need a physician collaborator? 

Only if your state requires one. If you are in a restricted state, you can actually start a telepsych practice and see patients in full practice authority states. This will circumvent the need for a collaborator. All you need is a license to practice in the state where your patients are located.

Does this course cover any practice creation topics? 

No, it does not. The psychiatric business development companion course will cover the business and practice creation components of the psychiatric healthcare field.

Does this course cover billing? 

For the non-psych nurse practitioner, yes. For non-psych nurse practitioners seeing patients with basic complaints of anxiety and depression, you will need to use standard E&M codes. Psych codes are reserved for PMHNPs who are credentialed in mental health services. We cover this form of coding in The How to Start a Psychiatric Clinic Course!

Will this offer CME? 

This course offers 8 CE hours with 4 of those designated as pharmacology hours. The Elite Nurse Practitioner is credentialed as a CEU provider through the ANCC. CEU awarded through The Elite Nurse Practitioner applies to ANCC, AANP, and all boards of nursing.

Will this course provide a certificate of completion? 

A certificate is issued at the end of the course that will display the CEU hours and verify your completion of this course. You can also use this for reimbursement purposes through your malpractice carrier, and as a writeoff on your taxes.

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