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Improve retention with this high-speed review for test-day success!

Designed as a last-minute review for your certification exam, this guide is written by psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners who have your back, providing you with quick, digestible nuggets of the most pertinent topics on the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) exam. Use this small but mighty book during the last month of your preparation to strengthen your knowledge and get ready to tackle the PMHNP-BC (TM) exam with confidence!

Organized by exam blueprint, this guide covers all the essential information regarding the mental health disorders that will be on the exam, including their diagnosis and treatment.

Key Features:

Offers a succinct high-yield rapid review of mental health disorders, including their diagnosis and treatment
Provides important alerts, complications, nursing pearls, and pop quiz questions to highlight extra-important information
Intended to supplement your studies and prepare you for exam day
Boosts your confidence with a 100% pass guarantee (details inside)

PMHNP-BC (TM) is a registered trademark of American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). ANCC does not sponsor or endorse this resource, nor does it have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination Information

Chapter 2. The Role of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Regulations and Scope of Practice

Chapter 3. Theoretical Foundations of Care

Chapter 4. Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Chapter 5. Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Decision-Making

Chapter 6. Psychopharmacology

Chapter 7. Nonpharmacologic Treatment

Chapter 8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Chapter 9. Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 10. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Trauma-/Stressor-Related Disorders

Chapter 11. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Chapter 12. Personality Disorders

Chapter 13. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Chapter 14. Neurocognitive Disorders

Chapter 15. Child and Adolescent Disorders

Chapter 16. Sleep Disorders

Chapter 17. Violence

Chapter 18. Pop Quiz Answers

Appendix. Abbreviations