Peterson elected ISPN president-elect

Clinical Professor Barbara Peterson, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, APRN, FNAP, was elected the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) Board of Directors president-elect.

ISPN’s mission is to support advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nurses in promoting mental health care, literacy and policy worldwide.

Peterson intends to focus on gun violence in the United States and mental health, equity of mental health care for marginalized people including those who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ across the globe, and mental health access and care for immigrants and refugees.