Mental health and psychiatric nursing : a reference / Ruel M. Bersabe

Includes bibliographical references.

LESSON I: Communication -- LESSON II: Adjustive mechanisms -- LESSON III: Confidentiality, legal issues and liability -- LESSON IV: Therapeutic relationship -- LESSON V: Spiritually -- LESSON VI: Grief and loss -- LESSON VII: Psychiatric mental health awareness -- LESSON VIII: Diagnosis of mental illness -- LESSON IX: Therapies -- LESSON X: General nursing interventions for the mental health client -- LESSON XI: Client protection in the mental health setting -- LESSON XII: Stress management -- LESSON XIII: Somatic therapies -- LESSON XIV: Psychopharmacological therapy -- LESSON XV: Antidepressant drugs -- LESSON XVI: Mood stabilizing drugs -- LESSON XVII: Antipsychotic drugs -- LESSON XIX: Schizophrenia and other psychoses -- LESSON XX: Delusions -- LESSON XXI: Hallucinations and illusions -- LESSON XXII: Major depressive disorder -- LESSON XXIII: Bipolar disorder -- LESSON XIV: Suicidal ideation -- LESSON XXV: Anxiety disorders -- LESSON XXVI: Phobias -- LESSON XXVII: Stress -- LESSON XXVIII: Somatoform disorders -- LESSON XXIX: Personality disorders -- LESSON XXX: Obsessive-Compulsive disorder -- LESSON XXXI: Eating disorder -- LESSON XXXII: Substance abuse disorder -- LESSON XXXIII: Alcohol abuse and dependence -- LESSON XXXIV: Central nervous system depressants: abuse and dependence -- LESSON XXXV: Central nervous system stimulants: abuse and dependence -- LESSON XXXVI: Hallucinogen abuse -- LESSON XXXVII: Cannabis abuse -- LESSON XXXVIII: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- LESSON XXXIX: Anger with aggressive and violent behavior -- LESSON XL: Cognitive disorder -- LESSON XLI: Delirium -- LESSON XLII: Dementia -- LESSON XLIII: Alzheimer's disease -- LESSON XLIV: Dissociative fugue/Dissociative amnesia.