Essentials of Mental Health Nursing

This edition features new and extensively revised chapters on: the role of cultural diversity in mental health nursing; neurobiology and behaviour; communicating and teaching; common clinical problems; psychopharmacology; legal and ethical issues; contemporary issues including AIDS and homelessness; disorders of children and adolescents; and disorders of older adults. Tear-out drug cards provide instant access to information on 40 essential drugs. Multidisciplinary interventions teach students how other health-care fields, such as social service and psychology, interact with nursing.