Post-Master's Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Students' Attitudes, Knowledge and Preferences for Providing Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Description Study.

Background: Mental illness is among the most common health conditions in the U.S., yet clients needing mental health services such as psychotherapy may not be able to receive these services because of mental health providers such as psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs).

Management of HIV in the older adults: Clinical and public health challenge.

As a result of significant advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), the number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) who are alive well into their senior years has increased significantly in recent years. While increased life expectancy is a highly desired outcome for PLWH, it brings with it a number of challenges that are only now starting to be understood and fully appreciated. These challenges include higher rates of co-morbidities, polypharmacy, drug side effects, and cognitive deficits, as well as numerous psychosocial issues such as stigma, loneliness, and depression.

Let's Get to the Root of Ashwagandha: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know.

The prevalence of stress- and anxiety-related disorders is increasing along with widespread demand for anxiolytics. Due to drug supply shortages and access restrictions, nonprescription remedies have gained popularity. In addition, the marketing of herbals and botanicals as low-cost and all-natural products with fewer access restrictions has increased their use.

A simulated pedagogical intervention to educate nurse practitioner students about human trafficking.

Human trafficking (HT) affects an estimated 40.3 million people globally with 24.9 million people affected in forced labor and 4.

The Price of Gambling: Examining Gambling Disorders.

Gambling disorders are a serious public health problem. This manuscript will provide a comprehensive overview on this topic. Gambling disorder involves repeated patterns of gambling behaviors, that result in significant distress or impairment in a person's interpersonal relationships, employment, educational/career opportunities, and finances over a period of 12 months.

The Impaired Nurse.

Substance use disorders (SUDs) do not discriminate. Anyone can be affected regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or profession. Nurses with SUDs present serious risks to both their patients and the nursing profession.

Calm Down With Kava: What Clinicians Need to Know.

Kava is a neuroactive medicinal herb that can induce pharmacological effects when ingested. As an herbal remedy, kava exhibits sedative, anesthetic, euphoriant, and entheogenic effects. Kava is used as a relaxant, pain reliever, and remedy for anxiety and insomnia.

Prelicensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Willingness to Care for Transgender Clients.

Background: Transgender clients report experiencing discrimination and differential treatment by health care providers in clinical settings. This pilot study assessed prelicensure nursing students' attitudes, beliefs, and willingness to provide care for transgender individuals.

Method: Participants enrolled in an adult health nursing course were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, the Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, and a Willingness to Provide Clinical Care questionnaire.

When Moods and Behaviors Do Not Add Up: The Many Masks of Alcohol Use Disorder.

This case report presents a 40-year-old man presenting with mixed mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, euphoria, sleep cycle disturbances, and alcohol use over several years. Multiple providers see the patient in varying specialties, initially focusing on depression, anxiety, and, later, substance use. Alcohol misuse can shadow underlying mental disorders.

Exploring the utility of nursing student-led health fairs: Educating the college population.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine public health nursing (PHN) students' experiences delivering peer-to-peer health education to college students during a health fair.

Design: A qualitative, descriptive research design was used.

Sample: Senior-level nursing students (n = 13) completing the clinical portion of a PHN course.

Interventions for Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men: Critical appraisal.

Objective: Some interventions have been developed and tested to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men (MSM). The purpose of this paper is to critically appraise published interventions designed to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and MSM.

Design/sample/measurement: A critical appraisal of published interventions designed to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and MSM was conducted.

Psychiatric Emergencies: Emergency Department Management of Altered Mental Status.

In the United States, encounters related to mental and substance use disorders are common in emergency departments (EDs). Altered mental status (AMS) is a frequent presentation seen in EDs across the country. Individuals may present to the ED with altered thought processes, which may be attributed to intoxication from substances and/or psychoses, conditions that require immediate care and management.

Ayahuasca: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know.

Ayahuasca is a pan-Amazonian botanical hallucinogenic decoction made from a mixture of the bark of the Banisteriopsis caapi plant, containing a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and Psychotria viridis (Rubiaceae) or Diplopterys cabrerana shrubs containing a serotonergic 2A receptor agonist, N,N-dimethyltryptamine, a powerful psychoactive substance. Ayahuasca is a traditional psychoactive sacrament that has been used for shamanic ceremonies for centuries. Ayahuasca is acclaimed for spiritual and psychotherapeutic benefits and is gaining popularity in the United States.

Recognition and Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, and Adverse Drug Reactions.

Mental health disorders are common in the United States and may cause significant disturbances in all aspects of a person's life. Individuals with mental health disorders often present to emergency departments for health care. Recognizing and managing common psychiatric emergencies may be challenging for non-mental health providers.

A comparison of learning outcomes from two poverty simulation experiences.

Objectives: Five nationally representative U.S. federal data sources consistently showed the link between poverty and poor health outcomes.

A Comparison of Psychosocial Factors, Substance Use Behaviors, and Sexual Behaviors by Self-Reported HIV Status Among Middle-Aged Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a significant health issue among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite existing research, no studies have compared psychosocial factors by self-reported HIV antibody status.

Method: Participants ( = 150) completed measures of social support, loneliness, depressive symptoms, substance use, and sexual behaviors.

Kratom: Implications for Health Care Providers.

Kratom is an herbal drug originating from the Mitragyna speciosa, a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia. Kratom has been widely used for its stimulant and opioid-like effects derived from its main psychoactive alkaloid properties mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. In the United States, kratom is gaining popularity as an herbal and natural dietary supplement, as well as a natural and legal alternative to narcotics.

Predictors of parenting self-agency among mothers receiving substance abuse or mental health treatment.

Mothers' mental health or substance use disorders impact the behaviours of their children both short-term and long-term. There is increased concern for mothers with mental health or substance use disorders to effectively handle parenting challenges. Children of these mothers are at risk for emotional and behavioural adjustment problems as well as poor academic performances.

A Systematic Review and Gap Analysis of Advance Care Planning Intervention Components and Outcomes Among Cancer Patients Using the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change.

Context: Despite the benefits of advance care planning (ACP), cancer patients rarely engage in ACP. ACP is a process that parallels health behavior change. This makes the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change (TTM) an important framework for understanding how to increase ACP among cancer patients.

The Explosion of a New Designer Drug, Flakka: Implications for Practice.

There are many challenges facing healthcare professionals. One such challenge is the continuous introduction of new synthetic drugs. Synthetic drugs pose many difficulties to providers, including identification of the drug ingested, management of symptoms, ensuring safety of the patient and his or her environment, and continual monitoring after the initial symptoms, because synthetic cathinones have many long-term effects on an individual.

Developing Minority Nursing Students: Evaluation of an Innovative Mentorship and Leadership Program.

Background: There is disparity in the nursing work-force of minority leaders. The aim of this article is to describe and evaluate an innovative program designed to provide mentorship and increase leadership skills of minority nursing students.

Method: An innovative mentorship program was developed including coordination of financial aid meetings, incorporating technology, enacting an online preimmersion course, choosing and training mentors, hosting a lunch-and-lead leadership series, and using intensive review sessions and tutoring.

The Keys to Success in Doctoral Studies: A Preimmersion Course.

This article will review an innovative on-line preimmersion course for a hybrid doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program and a traditional face-to-face doctor of philosophy nursing program. The doctoral candidates include both postbaccalaureate and postmaster's students. The authors of the preimmersion course developed and initiated the course in order to address various issues that have surfaced in discussions between students and faculty.