New Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Programs Are Accredited

Candidates in the post-BSN DNP and post-master’s certificate programs will develop exceptional clinical and leadership skills to help close the current gap in mental health care. The United States, and particularly the state of Georgia, face a crisis-level shortage of qualified mental health professionals — a need heightened during COVID-19. 

The pandemic led to “a significant increase in rates of depression and anxiety in our adult population,” says associate professor Dorothy Jordan, 82MN, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, who leads Emory’s psychiatry and mental health nursing program. “Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable as most mental health disorders are diagnosed during this sensitive developmental period.” 

To learn more about the PMHNP programs, visit links.emory.edu/qf.