Introductory mental health nursing / Donna M. Womble, RN, BS, MEd, Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Nursing (Retired), Health Occupations-Vocational Nursing, South Plains College, Plainview, Texas.
Mental health and mental illness -- Dynamics of anger, violence, and crises -- Theories of personality development -- The delivery of mental health care -- Treatment of mental illness -- The nursing process in mental health nursing -- Communication in mental health nursing -- Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship -- Anxiety disorders -- Mood disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sexual disorders -- Disorders and issues of children and adolescents -- Disorders and issues of the older adult.
Summary:
This student-friendly text provides easy-to-understand, clinically relevant information on mental health nursing, supported by real life cases, a built-in workbook, and a full-color design. The third edition features a summarized overview of the theories integral to current treatment modalities, together with practical coverage of the practice setting, psychopharmacologic agents, and the nursing process as it relates to administration of drug therapy.--From publisher description.
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