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Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this popular text is designed for undergraduate nursing programs that teach a shortened or integrated psychiatric-mental health core course. The book presents sound nursing theory, therapeutic modalities, and clinical applications for the major DSM-IV-TR disorders across the treatment continuum, from hospital to home setting. The text uses the nursing process framework and emphasizes assessment, therapeutic communication, neurobiology, and psychopharmacologic intervention. Features focus on developing student self-awareness, communication skills, and utilizing family and community resources.
A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website offer numerous student and instructor resources, including Clinical Simulations, psychotropic drug monographs, and movie viewing guides.
Data sheet
Unit I:: CURRENT THEORIES AND PRACTICE
1:: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
2:: Neurobiologic Theories and Psychopharmacology
3:: Psychosocial Theories and Therapy
4:: Treatment Settings and Rehabilitation Programs
Unit II:: BUILDING THE NURSE-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
5:: Therapeutic Relationships
6:: Therapeutic Communication
7:: Clients Response to Illness
8:: Assessment
Unit III:: CURRENT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CONCERNS
9:: Legal and Ethical Issues
10:: Anger, Hostility, and Aggression
11:: Abuse and Violence
12:: Grief and Loss
Unit IV:: NURSING PRACTICE FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
13:: Anxiety and Stress-Related Illness
14:: Schizophrenia
15:: Mood Disorders
16:: Personality Disorders
17:: Substance Abuse
18:: Eating Disorders
19:: Somatoform Disorders
20:: Child and Adolescent Disorders
21:: Cognitive Disorders
Glossary of Key Terms, Disorders, Other Terms
Appendix A:: DSM-IV-TR Classification
Appendix B:: NANDA Approved Nursing Diagnoses
Appendix C:: Drug Classification Under the Controlled Substances Act
Appendix D:: Sexual/Gender Disorders (NEW)
Appendix E:: Sleep Disorders (NEW)
Answers to Chapter Review
Index