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Book SynopsisFocusing on what psychiatric nurses actually do in everyday practice, this title covers the common disorders and treatments. It offers an approach that is clear, straightforward, and holistic to boost confidence in managing clients and to help students prepare for success on the NCLEX[registered] examination.
Table of ContentsPART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 1. Psychiatric Nursing: Theory, Principles, and Trends 2. Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting 3. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 4. Therapeutic Communication: Interviews and Interventions PART II: BIOLOGIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PRINCIPLES FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 5. Adaptation to Stress 6. Neurobiology in Mental Health and Mental Disorder 7. Human Development Across the Life Span 8. Culture, Ethnicity, and Spirituality: A Global Perspective 9. Legal and Ethical Aspects in Clinical Practice PART III: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 10. Anxiety and Related Disorders 11. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders 12. Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar, and Adjustment Disorders 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 14. Personality Disorders 15. Substance Related Disorders and Addictive Behaviors 16. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders 17. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence 18. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa 19. Sleep Disorders: Dyssomnias and Parasomnias 20. Sexual Disorders: Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias PART IV: CRISIS AND PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES 21. Crisis: Theory and Intervention 22. Suicide: Prevention and Intervention 23. Violence: Anger, Abuse, and Aggression 24. Forensic Nursing in Clinical Practice PART V: THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS 25. Psychopharmacology 26. Therapies: Theory and Clinical Practice 27. Complementary and Alternative Therapies PART VI: NURSING INTERVENTIONS WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS 28. Grief in Loss and Death 29. Emotional and Mental Responses to Medical Illness PART VII: NURSING INTERVENTIONS IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY 30. Community Mental Health Nursing for Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
