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.