How do they match: Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses

  • Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.

  • Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.
  • Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
  • Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately.