Psychiatric nursing is a specialised nursing response to people experiencing problems between cognitive, behavioural or emotional functioning.

The Department of Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing provides academic services and researches to promote mental health and prevent mental health problems of people, their families and communities. The department continuously intervenes and rehabilitates patients with psychiatric problems and their families. It uses different theories of human behaviour as its scientific framework and requires the use of the self as its art or expression in nursing practice.

The department under the experienced and dedicated faculty renders quality based education to the undergraduate students. The faculty assists them in developing expertise and in depth understanding in the field of Psychiatric nursing. It helps students to appreciate patients as holistic individuals and develop skills to function as psychiatric nurses and enable them to function as educators, managers and researchers in the field of psychiatric nursing.

The Department is also committed to provide opportunities for professional growth, including a fully individualised orientation, support for participation in professional development activities and various in-service programmes for the faculty.