title: Technological Advances in Psychiatric Nursing: An update.
abstract: Understanding and treating mental illness has improved in many ways as a result of the fast pace of technological advances. The technologies that have the greatest potential impact are those that (1) increase the knowledge of how the brain functions and changes based on interventions, (2) have the potential to personalize interventions based on understanding genetic factors of drug metabolism and pharmacodynamics, and (3) use information technology to provide treatment in the absence of an adequate mental health workforce. Technologies are explored for psychiatric nurses to consider. Psychiatric nurses are encouraged to consider the experiences of psychiatric patients, including poor health, stigmatization, and suffering.
authors.affiliation: Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, 301 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3314, USA. Electronic address: bostroma@gvsu.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bostrom
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Brain imaging technology; Computer based psychiatric interventions; Health information technology; Pharmacogenetics; Telepsychiatry