Introduction: Psychosocial care -- 1. Mind, Body and Illness: In Search of the Whole Person -- 2. Communication in Nursing: Relating to the Whole Person -- 3. Psychosocial Nursing Care: Caring for the Whole Person -- 4. Psychosocial Assessment: Understanding the Whole Person -- 5. Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Nursing: New Opportunities for Working with the Whole Person -- 6. Working with the Anxious Person -- 7. Working with the Depressed Person -- 8. Working with the Psychotic Person and with the Seriously Mentally Ill -- 9. Working with People who Present Difficult Behaviours.
Summary:
This book aims to give the nurse the theoretical framework and the practical knowledge and skills to deal effectively with the psychosocial aspects of their work.
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