I: THE THEORETIC BASIS FOR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.
1. The Psychiatric Nurse's Professional Role and Personal Integration.
2. Philosophy and Theories for Interdisciplinary Psychiatric Care.
3. Psychobiology.
4. Stress, Anxiety, and Coping.
5. Psychiatric Epidemiology in a Culturally Diverse Society.
II: PROCESSES FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.
6. Applying the Nursing Process.
7. Therapeutic Communication.
8. Assessment.
9. Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Environment.
10. Ethical Reasoning.
11. Advocacy, Client Rights, and Legal Issues.
III: APPLYING THE NURSING PROCESS.
12. Clients with Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic Disorder, and other Cognitive Disorders.
13. Clients with Substance-Related Disorders.
14. Clients with Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders.
15. Clients with Mood Disorders.
16. Clients with Anxiety, Somatoform, and Dissociative Disorder.
17. Clients with Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorders.
18. Clients with Eating Disorders.
19. Clients with Sleep Disorders.
20. Clients with Personality Disorders.
IV: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL CONCERNS.
21. The Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill in the Community.
22. Psychological Factors Affecting Mental Conditions.
23. Rape and Intrafamily Abuse.
24. Suicide and Self-Destructive Behavior.
25. The Client with a Dual Diagnosis.
26. The Codependent Client.
27. HIV/AIDS in Vulnerable Psychiatric Populations.
V: INTERVENTION MODES.
28. The Nurse-Client Relationship and Individual Therapy.
29. Stress Management.
30. Crisis Intervention.
31. Group Process and Group Therapy.
32. Family Process and Family Therapy.
33. Psychopharmacology.
34. Intervening in Violence in the Psychiatric Setting.
35. Managed Mental Health Care.
VI: PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN.
36. Applying the Nursing Process with Children.
37. Applying the Nursing Process with Adolescents.
38. Applying the Nursing Process with the Elderly.
