3/22/2010
2010 ISPN Election Ballot - Click here for ballot form (.doc)
Deadline March 31, 2010

2/18/2010
The ISPN Research Council is pleased to announce two grants for psychiatric-mental health nursing research:

1. The Hertha Gast Award for Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing Research.  The award is for $1500 and applicants must be members of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses Division (ACAPN). The research must focus on children and adolescents (up to 18 years of age) and may include their families, eg., the parents of children with autism.
    
2. Mental Health and Wellness Research Scholarship. This award is for $1150 and is sponsored by a cohort of psychiatric mentalhealth faculty employed at Drexel University.

The purpose of this research award is to support the development of nursing research capacity by supporting an ethnic minority graduate nursing student or junior researcher. Proposed research should address concerns related to mental health promotion and prevention, mental health policy development, community outreach, or equity and social justice in nursing or health care for ethnic minority populations.

Deadline for application:  Friday, March 19th, 2010

Further information regarding eligibility and application for these grants may be found on the ISPN Home page and also listed on the News page .  You may also contact Dr. Rick Yakimo, Chair of the ISPN Research Council, at ryakimo@sbcglobal.net
 

2/17/2010
Dear ISPN Members,

As Chair of the Research Council, I coordinate the judging of proposals for the Research Awards and the Poster Awards at the Annual Conference. I am in need of four volunteers to help in the judging of both the proposals and posters.

The proposal evaluations will be performed via e-mail and a possible conference call in late March.

The posters will be judged at the at the Annual Conference on Wednesday, April 14th, prior to and during the opening reception.  I am not sure how many posters will we review this year but the task can be accomplished within that evening.

If you are able to help me with judging of proposals or posters, or both, I would be very grateful.  Please contact Ashlie Davis at the ISPN office if you are interested.

Thank you,
Rick Yakimo, PhD, PMHCNS-BC
Chair, Research Council
 

2/12/2010
Dear Colleagues:

On February 10 (12:00 am), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will release the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for DSM-5 on its Website www.dsm5.org.  The draft criteria represent content changes under consideration. The information posted on the Website includes the proposed criteria, the rationale, the supporting research, and DSM-IV content as a comparison. The proposed diagnostic criteria will be available on the website www.dsm5.org, for public comment until April 20, 2010. APA is inviting health professionals, consumers of mental health services, and family members to visit the site to review and comment on the draft criteria.

Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, RN, PMH-NP
Professor of Nursing
Rush College of Nursing
Phone: 312 942-6208
Fax: 312- 942-2549

PMH-NP recruitment site:  http://www.rushu.rush.edu/gradnursing
 

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