Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for Nurses
Course Overview
Mental healthcare is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as precision medicine moves from bench to bedside. For decades, psychiatric treatment has relied on trial-and-error approaches, leaving patients cycling through multiple medications before finding one that works—if they find one at all. But emerging biomarker technologies and genetic testing are promising to change the game entirely. This episode explores how precision medicine is reshaping mental health treatment, examining the science behind pharmacogenomics, neuroimaging biomarkers, and molecular diagnostics, while addressing the practical, ethical, and accessibility challenges that healthcare professionals must navigate as this paradigm shift unfolds.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Define precision medicine and explain its fundamental principles as applied to mental health treatment
- Identify key biomarker types currently used or under investigation for psychiatric disorders
- Evaluate the clinical utility and limitations of pharmacogenomic testing in psychopharmacology
- Analyze how neuroimaging and molecular biomarkers contribute to diagnosis and treatment selection
- Discuss ethical considerations, health equity concerns, and access barriers in precision psychiatry
About the Author/Presenter
Dr. Candace Pierce, DNP, RN, CNE, COI is a nurse leader committed to ensuring nurses are well prepared and offered abundant opportunities and resources to enhance their skills acquisition and confidence at the bedside. With 15 years in nursing, she has worked at the bedside, in management, and in nursing education. She has demonstrated expertise and scholarship in innovation and design thinking in healthcare and education, and collaborative efforts within and outside of healthcare. Scholarship endeavors include funded grants, publications, and presentations. As a leader, Dr. PIERCE: strives to empower others to create and deploy ideas and embrace their professional roles as leaders, change agents, and problem solvers. In her position as the Sr. Course Development Manager for Elite, she works as a project engineer with subject matter experts to develop evidence-based best practices in continuing education for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Dr. Erica S. Ramey, DNP, PMHNP-BC is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and an associate professor of nursing. She completed her Doctor of Nursing practice?at Vanderbilt University and completed her psychiatric nurse practitioner preparation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been in the mental-health field for 18 years. Her research and experience focus on child and adolescent mental-health, deprescribing, pre/peri/post-natal mental healthcare, and drug-gene compatibility.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing
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