Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing / Mary C. Townsend.
Publication details: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2005.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xx, 697 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0803612672 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Psychiatric mental health nursing
- WY 160 T749e 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WY 160 T749e 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22031268 |
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.
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