The concept of stress adaptation -- Mental health and mental illness: historical and theoretical concepts -- Concepts of psychobiology -- Psychopharmacology -- Ethical and legal issues -- Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Relationship development -- Therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Intervention with families -- Milieu therapy-the therapeutic community -- Crisis intervention -- Assertiveness training -- Promoting self-esteem -- Anger and aggression management -- Suicide prevention -- Behavior therapy -- Cognitive therapy -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- The recovery model -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Anxiety, obessive-compulsive, and related disorders -- Trauma- and stressor-related disorders -- Somatic symptom and dissociative disorders -- Issues related to human sexuality and gender dysphoria -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Children and adolescents -- The aging individual -- Survivors of abuse or neglect -- Community mental health nursing -- The bereaved individual -- Military families.
Summary:
Clearly written, comprehensive coverage of psychiatric mental-health nursing delivers what nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Its evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice focuses on both physiological and psychological disorders. Designed to be used in longer psychiatric mental-health nursing courses, this text provides students with a comprehensive grounding in therapeutic approaches as well as must-know DSM-5 disorders and nursing interventions.
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