More people need mental health services than providers can offer. You can change that.
COVID-19 and the resulting quarantines have had a dramatic impact on the mental health of people worldwide. New research from Boston University School of Public Health reveals that the elevated rate of depression persisted into 2021, and has even worsened, climbing to 32.8 percent and affecting 1 in every 3 American adults.
While the need for mental health services grows, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration predicts increasing practitioner shortages by 2025, including a lack of psychiatrists, mental health counselors, and psychologists—amplifying the need for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners.*
Hawai‘i Pacific University’s online Post-Master’s Certificate-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program prepares you to assess, diagnose, and treat patients with unique mental health needs. You’ll learn to care for patients with anxiety, depression, substance abuse issues, and more in a variety of mental health settings. Plus, as a member of the HPU family, you’ll learn to deliver transcultural care in the spirit of aloha, or "love, kindness, grace, and unity".
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