Pamela Lusk
Pam is a board-certified Psychiatric / Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and currently practices as the integrated behavioral health provider in a large rural pediatric practice. As a PMHNP, Pam provides evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma focused therapy (EMDR) with children, adolescents and young adults. The pediatric practice employs the SBIRT model of integration of behavioral health into primary care. In addition to teaching and mentoring PMHNP and PNP graduate students in the College of Nursing, Pam is the Director of the KySS Online Child and Adolescent Mental Health Fellowship. The KySS online continuing education course has enrolled pediatric primary care providers from all over the country who want to increase their knowledge and skills in screening, assessing, and managing common pediatric mental health concerns. Pam also is invited to train PMHNP students in graduate programs all over the country to provide CBT for children and adolescents.
Research interests
- Integration of behavioral / mental health and primary care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with children, adolescents young adults
- Teaching and supervision of evidence-based psychotherapy for advanced practice nurses (overarching theme: trauma informed psychiatric / mental health care)
- Adaptation of child / teen CBT and trauma focused therapies (EMDR) to maximize telehealth delivery
News
New data finds stress, anxiety and depression spike for those feeling the weight of a “culture of achievement”
Is the status of “perfect parent” attainable?
Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout from The Ohio State University College of Nursing and the university’s Office of the Chief Wellness Officer say “no,” and a new study finds that pressure to try to be “perfect” leads to unhealthy impacts on both parents and their children.
Groundbreaking study provides a promising solution for preventing a major complication of pregnancy
According to the World Health Organization, more than 15 million babies are born preterm every year. More than one million of those babies lose their lives. Methods to predict risk for and prevent preterm birth are few and far between.
