My Training

Tanya R. Sorrell, PhD, NP-C, RN, MS

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Yuma AZ since 2003

Education

• Louisiana State University – BS Biosciences
• University of Southern Mississippi – MS in Clinical Psychology
• Vanderbilt University – MSN in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
  • 1st in class of 225 students
• University of Arizona- PhD in Mental Health of Vulnerable Populations

Training

• VAMC- Biloxi, MS
• VAMC- Nashville, TN
• St. Anne's Hospital- Poole, England
• Crisis Response Specialist Teams- 9 years
• Minority and Women's Empowerment Missions- 10 years

Academic Appointments

• University of Arizona- Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Preceptor
• Arizona Western College- Psychiatric Nursing Rotation Preceptor

Licensure and Certification

• American Nurses Credentialing Center- Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Arizona Board of Nursing- Registered Nurse Practitioner with prescription and dispensing ability
• DEA Certification, US Drug Enforcement Agency
• Arizona Pharmacy Prescriber Certification, Arizona Board of Pharmacy
• Psychopharmacologist certificate, NEI Global Psychopharmacology Course
• Diploma and Certification in Mexican/Native American Herbal Medicine (Herbolaria)- Tlahui Universitaria Internacional de Medicina Tradicional, Cuernavaca, Mexico, August 2009

Awards and Honors

• ANA SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program- University of Arizona
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Program- University of Arizona
• Graduate Fellowship Award- University of Arizona
• Clinical Employee of the Year- the EXCEL Group, Inc.
• National Health Service Corps Clinician Loan Repayment Program.
• Julia Hereford Full Merit Scholarship. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Presentations

• Mental Health Treatment Preferences for Persons of Mexican Heritage
• Culture-Bound Syndromes in Mexican-American: A literature review. Submitted to the Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
• Mexican American Cultural Bound Mental Health Syndromes: Diagnosis and Treatment- Presented at the US/Mexico Border Health Symposium, El Paso, TX.
• Differentiating Depression and Bipolar Disorder in Primary Care- Presented at the Arizona Nurse Practitioner's Council, Flagstaff, AZ.

Speaker/Lecture Series

• Mexican-American Culture-Bound Mental Health Syndromes, US/Mexico Border Health Association
• Bipolar and Depressive Disorders, Understanding your illness. Bipolar Support Group
• Women's Mental Health and Wellness- Women's Expo Symposium, Yuma, AZ
• Speaker's Bureau for Astra-Zeneca and and Forest Pharmaceuticals