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Townsend, Mary C., 1941-

Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing / Psychiatric mental health nursing Mary C. Townsend. - 3rd edition - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2005. - xx, 697 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit one: Introduction tp psychiatric/mental health concepts
Mental health and mental illness
Concepts of personality development
Biological implications
Ethical and legal issues

Unit two: Psychiatric/Mental health nursing interventions
Relationship development and therapeutic communication
The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing
Milieu : the therapeutic environment
Intervention in groups
Intervening in crises
Psychopharmacology
Complementary and psychosocial therapies

Unit three: Care of clients with psychiatric disorders
Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders
Substance-related disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety-related disorders
Disorders of human sexuality
Eating disorders
Personality disorders

Unit four: Psychiatric/mental health nursing of special populations
Children and adolescents
Victims of abuse or neglect
The aging individual
Community mental health nursing
The bereaved individual.

ISBN: 0803612672 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychiatric nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing--methods.
Mental Disorders--nursing.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 160 T749e 2005