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Townsend, Mary C.

Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice / Mary C. Townsend - 4th edition - Philadelphia : F.A.Davis, c2008 - xxiv, 729 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm + CD-ROM

Includes bibliography and index

Table of Contents:

UNIT ONE: Introduction to Psychiatric/Mental Health Concepts
1. Mental health and mental illness
2. Concepts of personality development
3. Biological implications
4. Ethical and legal issues
5. Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing

UNIT TWO: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Interventions
6. Relationship development and therapeutic communication
7. The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing
8. Milieu therapy : the therapeutic community
9. Intervention in groups
10. Intervening in crises
11.Psychopharmacology
12. Complementary and psychosocial therapies

UNIT THREE: Care of Clients With Psychiatric Disorders
13. Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders
14. Substance-related disorders
15. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
16. Mood disorders
17. Anxiety disorders
18. Anxiety-related disorders
19. Disorders of human sexuality
20. Eating disorders
21. Personality disorders

UNIT FOUR: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Of Special Populations
22. Children and adolescents
23. Victims of abuse or neglect
24. The aging individual
25. Community mental health nursing
26. The bereaved individual

ISBN: 9780803616110 0803616112

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychiatric nursing
Mental Disorders --Nursing
| Psychiatric Nursing--Methods

Dewey Class. No.: WY 160 T747e 2008