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Professional Organizations American Psychiatric Nurses Association ARNPs United of Washington State Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization Washington Center for Nursing Washington State Nurses Association American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Regional PMHNP Programs Pacific Lutheran University Seattle University University of Washington Washington State University Oregon Health and Sciences University University of California San Francisco University of San Francisco Washington Community Mental Health System Washington Community Mental Health System Information

Practice Resources Suicide Prevention Training requirement Medical Marijuana Database and Guide Nurses Investor Education Project Resources for Students Lois Price Spratlen Foundation – scholarships for graduate students enrolled in a psychiatric mental health nursing program in Washington State. Mental Health Advocacy Sites National Alliance for the Mentally Ill The Icarus Project Complementary and Alternative Medicine Bastyr University National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program in Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter