Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Unit 1. Current theories and practice. Foundations psychiatric-mental health nursing

Neurobiologic theories and psychopharmacology

Psychosocial theories and therapy

Treatment settings and therapeutic programs

Unit 2. Building the nurse-client relationship. Therapeutic relationships

Therapeutic communications

Client's response to illness

Assessment

Unit 3. Current social and emotional concerns. Legal and ethical issues

Anger, hostility, and aggression

Abuse and violence

Grief and loss

Unit 4. Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders. Anxiety and stress-related illness

Schizophrenia

Mood disorders

Personality disorders

Substance abuse

Eating disorders

Somatoform disorders

Child and adolescent disorders

Cognitive disorders

Answers to chapter study guides

Appendix A: DSM-IV-TR Classification

Appendix B: NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses

Appendix C: Drug classification under the Controlled Substances Act

Appendix D: Canadian standards of psychiatric and mental health nursing practices

Appendix E: Canadian drug trade names

Appendix F: Mexican drug trade names

Appendix G: Sleep disorders

Appendix H: Sexual and gender identity disorders

Glossary of key terms.