Psychiatric mental health nursing /

Fortinash, Katherine M.

Psychiatric mental health nursing / Katherine M. Fortinash - 5th edition - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Mosby, c2012 - xx, 731 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

The fifth edition of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and straightforward coverage of psychiatric nursing. Using a balanced nursing-medical approach and presenting strong baseline coverage of the DSM-IV-TR and related treatments, this book continues to focus on what nurses actually do. Fundamental concepts such as psychobiology, legal and ethical implications, and cultural and spiritual issues are introduced early on, followed by chapters devoted to specific psychiatric treatment modalities and other relevant issues --Ohiolink Catalog

9780323075725

RC 440 .F67 2012