Curriculum of the national training program in Mental Health Nursing (Phase II)

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.