Main description:

For courses in mental health nursing.

The market's most evidence-based survey of whole-patient psychiatric nursing
Uniquely modeled for the general RN student, Psychiatric?-Mental Health Nursing: From Suffering to Hope helps learners understand mental illness and promote hope and healing in patients across this continuum and throughout the lifespan. It also prepares learners to provide effective, compassionate care and treatment for patients with mental illness in an acute care setting. With the most evidence-based information on the market, the 2nd edition features a new chapter on sociological influences on mental health and new unfolding case studies in a number of chapters.

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Contents:

Brief Contents UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

Framework of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Biological Basis for Mental Illness
Psychological Concepts: Theories and Therapies
Sociological Influences
Cultural Awareness
Spiritual Awareness

UNIT II: PSYCHIATRIC NURSING ROLE DEVELOPMENT

Stress, Anxiety, and Coping
Self-Reflection and Self-Awareness
The Nurse-Patient Relationship and Therapeutic Communication
The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Care Settings
Ethical and Legal Concepts
Management and Leadership

UNIT III: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Gender and Sexual Health
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Sleep-Wake Disorders
Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Personality Disorders

UNIT IV: SPECIALIZED TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS

Integrative and Complementary Health Approaches
Psychopharmacology
Group and Family Therapy
Aggression and Violence
Crisis Intervention
Preventing and Responding to Suicide
Caring for the Patient Who Is Grieving
Issues Related to Aging

Appendices

Wellness Domains: A Quick Guide for Patients
Timeline of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Sample Group Patient Teaching Plan

Glossary