Psychiatric mental health nursing / Noreen Cavan Frisch, Lawrence E. Frisch.

Contents
Chapter 1. Through the door: your first day in psychiatric nursing
Chapter 2. Psychiatric nursing: evolution of a specialty
Chapter 3. Theory as basis for practice
Chapter 4. Neuroscience as a basis for practice
Chapter 5. Diagnostic systems for psychiatric nursing
Chapter 6. Tools for psychiatric mental health nursing: communication, nursing process, and the nurse-client relationship
Chapter 7. Cultural and ethnic considerations
Chapter 8. Epidemiology of mental health and illness
Chapter 9. Ethical and legal bases for care
Chapter 10. Self-care for the nurse
Chapter 11. The client undergoing crisis
Chapter 12. The client experiencing anxiety
Chapter 13. The client experiencing schizophrenia
Chapter 14. The client experiencing depression
Chapter 15. The client experiencing mania
Chapter 16. The client who is suicidal
Chapter 17. The client who abuses chemical substances
Chapter 18. The client with a personality disorder
Chapter 19. The client experiencing a somatoform, factitious, or dissociative disorder
Chapter 20. The client with disorders of self-regulation: sleep disorders, eating disorders, sexual disorders
Chapter 21. The physically ill client experiencing emotional distress
Chapter 22. Forgotten populations: the homeless and the incarcerated
Chapter 23. The child
Chapter 24. The adolescent
Chapter 25. The elderly
Chapter 26. Survivors of violence or abuse
Chapter 27. Pharmacology in psychiatric care
Chapter 28. Individual psychotherapy
Chapter 29. Family therapy
Chapter 30. Group therapy
Chapter 31. Community mental health nursing
Chapter 32. Complementary and somatic therapies
Chapter 33. Friday night at the movies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Through the door: your first day in psychiatric nursing -- Psychiatric nursing: evolution of a specialty -- Theory as basis for practice -- Neuroscience as a basis for practice -- Diagnostic systems for psychiatric nursing -- Tools for psychiatric mental health nursing: communication, nursing process, and the nurse-client relationship -- Cultural and ethnic considerations -- Epidemiology of mental health and illness -- Ethical and legal bases for care -- Self-care for the nurse -- The client undergoing crisis -- The client experiencing anxiety -- The client experiencing schizophrenia -- The client experiencing depression -- The client experiencing mania -- The client who is suicidal -- The client who abuses chemical substances -- The client with a personality disorder -- The client experiencing a somatoform, factitious, or dissociative disorder -- The client with disorders of self-regulation: sleep disorders, eating disorders, sexual disorders -- The physically ill client experiencing emotional distress -- Forgotten populations: the homeless and the incarcerated -- The child -- The adolescent -- The elderly -- Survivors of violence or abuse -- Pharmacology in psychiatric care -- Individual psychotherapy -- Family therapy -- Group therapy -- Community mental health nursing -- Complementary and somatic therapies -- Friday night at the movies -- How to use the internet to research psychiatric mental health nursing.