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NP Psych Navigator is a centralized resource for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) who are treating patients with mental illness. The website content is curated based on the unique challenges that NPs face in clinical practice.

NP Psych Navigator aims to:

  • Empower and support NPs in talking to patients about mental illness and providing them with helpful resources
  • Underscore the role that NPs play as primary and mental health care providers in the US
  • Provide NPs with clinically relevant knowledge and tips from their colleagues and mentors
  • Highlight the personalized care given by NPs

By joining NP Psych Navigator, you’ll join a growing community of Nurse Practitioners working to further their profession and mental health care in America. You’ll also gain access to our downloadable content, including patient education materials and commonly used psychiatric assessment scales. As NP Psych Navigator grows, you can also opt to get regular updates on new posted content.

Our Story

Our community was formed to connect NPs with tools to help them identify mental illness and care for affected patients and their families.

Though 1 in 5 adults in the US are believed to have some form of mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, close to 60% are overlooked and do not receive treatment.1,2 A shortage of mental healthcare providers may be a factor in this—on average, there is only 1 mental healthcare provider for 536 individuals.2

As one of the fastest growing groups of healthcare workers, NPs are an important part of the solution to providing adequate mental healthcare. However, many NPs do not receive sufficient education in mental healthcare.3 NP Psych Navigator was created to help bridge that gap.

NP Psych Navigator is supported by AbbVie Inc. Content development and support is provided by Oxford PharmaGenesis, Inc and funded by AbbVie Inc.

Nurse Practitioner Contributors and Advisors

NP Psych Navigator was developed with guidance from accomplished NPs working in mental health care:

Tina Matthews-Hayes, BSN, MSN, FNP, DNP, PMHNP
Western Pennsylvania Behavioral Health Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
Disclosure: Tina Matthews-Hayes has received compensation as a speaker for Allergan, AbbVie, Neurocrine, and Otsuka. She received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Kathleen McCoy, DNSc, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP
University of South Alabama Community Mental Health, Mobile, AL
Disclosure: Kathleen McCoy has acted as a consultant for Luye, Neurocrine, and Allergan. She received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Brittany E. Endreszl, CRNP
Axiom Family Counseling, Monongahela, PA
Disclosure: Brittany Endreszl received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Jessica Whelan, DNPc, MSN, FPMHNP
Gateway Psychiatric Group, Wildwood, MO
Disclosure: Jessica Whelan has received compensation as a speaker for Abbvie, Avanir, Genomind, and Neurocrine. She received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Cathleen Crowley-Koschnitzki, DNP, FNP, WHNP, PMHNP
iTrust Wellness Group, LCC, Simpsonville, SC
Disclosure: Cathleen Crowley-Koschnitzki received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Carmen Kosicek, APRN, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Alay Health Team, Tucson, AZ
Disclosure: Carmen Kosicek has received compensation as a speaker for Allergan, Teva, Alkermes, and Otsuka, and as a consultant for Eisai. She received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Rose C. Taylor-Lewis, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP, PMHNP
Huddleston Health and Wellness, Amherst, VA
Disclosure: Rose Taylor-Lewis received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

Grace Wlazowicz, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY
Disclosure: Grace Wlazowicz has received compensation as a speaker for Allergan. She received compensation from AbbVie for her contribution to NP Psych Navigator.

References

  1. Mental health Facts in America. National Alliance on Mental Illness. Accessed July 15, 2020. https://www.nami.org/nami/media/nami-media/infographics/generalmhfacts.pdf
  2. The State of Mental Health in America 2018. Mental Health America. 2017.
  3. Theophilos T, et al. Nurse Practitioner Mental Health Care in the Primary Context: A Californian Case Study. Healthcare. 2015;3:162-171.

New on NP Psych Navigator

Understanding the Unique Training and Value of Nurse Practitioners

Clinical Insights

Understanding the Unique Training and Value of Nurse Practitioners

In this podcast, Pradeep Manudhane, MD of Phoenix Rising Behavioral Health, interviews Jessica Giddens-Whelan, DNP, BA, APRN, FPMHNP-BC, RN-BC of Holon Inclusive Health System, to better understand the role NPs play in the primary care setting and explore areas of need which NPs could fill.
Providing Considerate Mental Health Care to Patients Who Are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

Clinical Insights

Providing Considerate Mental Health Care to Patients Who Are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

In this podcast, Moushumi Mukerji, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CNM, RN shares important considerations for providing mental health care to BIPOC patients.
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

Psychiatric Scales

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is used to assess daytime sleepiness in adults.1 The prevalence of daytime sleepiness in people with depressive symptoms is high—ranging from about 40%-50%.2  Clinicians can consider using the ESS to measure daytime sleepiness in patients experiencing depressive episodes. The ESS has demonstrated a positive association with depressive scores (e.g., on the Beck Depression Inventory) in people with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).3
Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review

Clinical Article

Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review

Aggarwal et al. (2016) conducted a systematic literature review to identify patient-clinician communication factors that could account for low mental health treatment engagement rates among patients of racial/ethnic minority status.

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