Psychiatric Nursing
Contemporary Practice
4th Edition
Published on 20. September 2007
Book
Hardback
976 pages
978-0-7817-9169-4 (ISBN)
Description
The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, "Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice", is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition. Based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, this text provides thorough coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. Features include psychoeducation checklists, therapeutic dialogues, NCLEX[registered] notes, vignettes of famous people with mental disorders, and illustrations showing the interrelationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. This edition reintroduces the important chapter on sleep disorders and includes a new chapter on forensic psychiatry. There is a bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website that offer numerous student and instructor resources, including Clinical Simulations and questions about movies involving mental disorders.
The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, "Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice", is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition. Based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, this text provides thorough coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. Features include psychoeducation checklists, therapeutic dialogues, NCLEX[registered] notes, vignettes of famous people with mental disorders, and illustrations showing the interrelationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. This edition reintroduces the important chapter on sleep disorders and includes a new chapter on forensic psychiatry. There is a bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website that offer numerous student and instructor resources, including Clinical Simulations and questions about movies involving mental disorders.
The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, "Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice", is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition. Based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, this text provides thorough coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. Features include psychoeducation checklists, therapeutic dialogues, NCLEX[registered] notes, vignettes of famous people with mental disorders, and illustrations showing the interrelationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. This edition reintroduces the important chapter on sleep disorders and includes a new chapter on forensic psychiatry. There is a bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website that offer numerous student and instructor resources, including Clinical Simulations and questions about movies involving mental disorders.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
140
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1814 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-9169-4 (9780781791694)
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Content
Unit 1: NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS 1: Stigma, Social Change, and Mental Health 2: Classification of Mental Illnesses and Evidence-Based Nursing Care 3: Patient Rights and Legal Issues 4: Mental Health Care in the Community Unit 2: PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 5: Frameworks, Ethics, and Standards of Psychiatric Nursing 6: Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing 7: The Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing 8: Psychopharmacology and Other Biologic Interventions Unit 3: CONTEMPORARY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING PRACTICE 9: Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship 10: The Nursing Process: Assessment, Diagnoses, Outcomes, Interventions, Evaluation 11: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing 12: Interventions with Groups 13: Family Assessment and Interventions Unit 4: Mental Health Promotion 14: Stress and Mental Health 15: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care 16: Mental Health Promotion of the Young and Middle-Aged Adult 17: Suicide: A Major Mental Health Problem Unit 5: CARE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 18: Schizophrenia 19: Schizoaffective, Delusional, and Other Psychotic Disorders 20: Mood Disorders: Management of Moods and Suicidal Behavior 21: Anxiety Disorders 22: Personality and Impulse-Disorders: Meaning of Behavior 23: Somatoform and Related Disorders 24: Eating Disorders 25: Substance Related Disorders 26: Sleep Disorders Unit 6: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 27: Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents 28: Mental Health Promotion with Children and Adolescents 29: Psychiatric Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood and Adolescence Unit 7: OLDER ADULTS 30: Mental Health Assessment of the Elderly 31: Mental Health Promotion with the Elderly 32: Delirium, Dementias, and Related Disorders Unit 8: CARE OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS 33: Care of People Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill 34: Issues of Co-Occurring Disorders 35: Care of the Mentally Ill in Forensic Settings 36: Psychosocial Aspects of Medically Compromised Persons Unit 9: CARE CHALLENGES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 37: Crisis, Grief, and Disaster Management 38: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 39: Caring for Abused Persons APPENDICES A: DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes B: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale C: Simpson-Angus Rating Scale D: Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) E: Simplified Diagnosis for Tardive Dyskinesia (SD-TD) F: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression G: CAGE Questionnaire