Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis at APNA 40th Annual Conference

Workshop · Quality Improvement

Beyond the Basics: Navigating Bias, Comorbidities, and Nuance in Adult ADHD

Naomi Myrick

Interactive clinical workshop preparing PMH-APRNs to recognize, evaluate, and manage adult ADHD, including diagnostic bias and comorbid conditions.

ADHD

Workshop · Child & Adolescent

The Role of the Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurse in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder

Renee Nauful

Explores PMH-APRN scope in autism diagnosis, covering assessment instruments and differential diagnosis approaches.

Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Child & Adolescent

Course · Child & Adolescent

Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing Boot Camp – Part 1

Jamie Zelazny · Jessica M. Gordon · Isabel Grace Buckingham · Michaela K. Hogan

First half of a two-part intensive covering developmental foundations, psychiatric assessment, safety evaluation, and crisis management in youth.

Child & Adolescent · Emergency & Acute Psychiatry

Workshop · Violence Prevention

Getting Ready to Pop the Question: Improving Student Confidence in Assessing Suicidality & Violence

JoEllen Schimmels · Aparna Kumar · Kristen Holder · Kayla M. A. Mays

Teaching strategies that build nursing student confidence in suicide and violence risk assessment while protecting psychological safety.

Education & Training · Suicide & Self-Harm

Workshop · Nursing Professional Development

I think I have Autism. Oh, & RSD & Misophonia! Can You Help Me? Exploring Internet Self-Diagnosis & Non-DSM Language

Sara Jones

How internet and social media culture drives patient self-diagnosis, and how clinicians can engage with non-DSM symptom language.

Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Digital Psychiatry & AI

Lecture · Special Populations

Mission-Ready to Maladaptive: Impact of Allostatic Load on Veteran Mental Health

Brenda Mayfield · Diana Kathryn Cerice

Presents a protocol for identifying veteran status and screening for operator syndrome using allostatic-load frameworks.

Diverse & Underserved Populations · PTSD & Trauma

Lecture · Pharmacology

From Symptoms to Strategy: A Prescriber's Framework for Smarter Psych Medication Decisions

Antoinette Flowers

Symptom-driven prescribing framework illustrated with real-world cases to improve medication fit. Pharmacology-eligible.