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Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing / Mary C. Townsend.

By: 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)
Other title:
  • Psychiatric mental health nursing
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WY 160 T749e 2005
Contents:
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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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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