TY  - BOOK
AU  - Townsend,Mary C.
TI  - Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing
SN  - 0803612672 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - F.A. Davis
KW  - Psychiatric nursing
KW  - Psychiatric Nursing
KW  - methods
KW  - Mental Disorders
KW  - nursing
N1  - 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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