Curriculum of the national training program in Mental Health Nursing (Phase II)
This publication outlines a curriculum developed for the nursing cadre of Sri Lanka on MHPSS service delivery. The content is based on a 2017 mapping study done on the training needs of the nurses.
- Module 1 of the curriculum provides an introduction to mental health nursing using the mode of history-taking and mental status examination, the first module also has a session on psychopharmacology for nurses.
- Module 2, focuses on basic counseling and communication skills, nursing management when working with aggression, and parenting skills for building good child and adolescent mental health.
- The subjects of nursing care in depression, rehabilitation and stress management, and burnout prevention is the focus of Module 3 of the training curricula.
