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Brayden Kameg
PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, CNE, FIAAN
Coordinator, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program
Assistant Professor
Health & Community Systems
Profile
Dr. Brayden Kameg currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Health and Community Systems, where she coordinates the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) program. She currently teaches across undergraduate and graduate programs. Her primary teaching responsibilities include substance use management, child/adolescent psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and psychiatric management in primary care. Dr. Kameg’s academic interests include integrating substance use and mental-health-related competencies across undergraduate and graduate programs. She has received extramural funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This funding has supported her work, which seeks to improve the ability of both nurses and nurse practitioners to meet the mental and behavioral healthcare needs of the populations that they serve.
Clinically, Dr. Kameg is co-founder and co-owner of a private practice, Peace of Mind Psychiatry, where she treats patients across the lifespan. She is the founding program director of a PMHNP residency program at the Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, where she sees patients on an inpatient basis and in the addiction psychiatry program.
Dr. Kameg has presented and published extensively on a variety of clinical topics. She is passionate about providing practicing clinicians with evidence-based information to inform their practice. Dr. Kameg is actively involved in a variety of professional organizations, including the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN), the International Society of Addictions Nurses (IntNSA), and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Addictions Nursing and Editor-in-Chief for the ISPN Connections Newsletter. She has been recognized for her work through the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction, among other organizations. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nursing.
Clinical Emphasis
Dr. Kameg's clinical focus is in Psychiatric-mental health and substance use.
Scholarly Emphasis
Dr. Kameg's research interests focus on substance use, harm reduction interventions, Buprenorphine, Veteran-centered care, and clinical education and advanced practice nursing issues.
Teaching
Dr. Kameg is an instructor for NURNP 2318 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Management, NURNP 2327 Principles of Substance Use Treatment, NURNP 3025 Diagnosis and Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care, and NURNP 2325 Psychopharmacology.
Service
Dr. Kameg serves as President-Elect for the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses; Associate Editor, Journal of Addictions Nursing, of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA). She is an active member of a variety of other professional organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), as well as serves on the editorial board of the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, and the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.