Mental health concepts /

Waughfield, Claire G.

Mental health concepts / Claire G. Waughfield ; contributor, Teresa S. Burckhalter. - 5th edition. - Clifton Park, NY : Delmar/Thomson Learning, c2002. - xvi, 519 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-504) and index.

Contents

1. History, Trends, and Standards
Concepts of Mental Illness from Primitive Times through the Millennium
Comprehensive Community Mental Health
Current Trends
Standards of Care
Legal Rights of Clients

2. Stress and Mental Health
Classification of Mental Illness
Stress Theory
Stress and the Nursing Process
Stress and the Nurse

3. Understanding Self and Others
Personality Development
Self-Concept
Erikson's Developmental Tasks
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Defense Mechanisms
Self-Awareness
Self-Acceptance

4. Effective Communication
Effective Communication
Factors That Alter Effective Communication
Purpose of Communication
Blocks to Communication and Attitudes that Affect Communication
Effective Helping Communication
Communicating with Distressed Clients

5. Relieving Anxiety
Anxiety: Mild, Moderate, Severe
Anxiety-Producing Situations
Relieving Anxiety
Problem Solving
Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Anxiety and Stress
Techniques for Changing Behavior

6. Psychotherapies
Psychoanalysis
Stages of Psychosexual Development
Client-Centered Therapy
Behaviorism
Rational Emotive Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Reality Therapy
Transactional Analysis

7. Group Process
Group Work
Process versus Content
Roles
Role of the Group Leader
Group Structure
Functions of Groups
Stages of Group Development
Group Phases
Types of Groups

8. Emotional Aspects of Maternal and Child Care
9. Maladaptive behaviors
10. Violence and disturbed behaviors
11. Geriatric mental health
12. Alcoholism
13. Drug dependency
14. Human sexuality
15. Grieving and pain
16. Facilitating mental health and reentry into the community



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Psychiatric nursing.
Mental health.
Mental Disorders--therapy--nurses' instruction.
Mental Disorders--prevention & control--nurses' instruction.
Stress, Psychological--prevention & control--nurses' instruction.
Mental Health--nurses' instruction.

WM 140 W354m 2002