Psychiatric mental health nursing / Katherine M. Fortinash and Patricia A. Holoday-Worret

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Part 1: Foundations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing-- 1. Principles of Psychiatric Nursing: Theory and Practice-- 2. Clinical Practice: Rewards, Challenges, and Solutions-- 3. The Nursing Process-- 4. Therapeutic Communication-- 5. Growth and Development Across the Life Span-- 6. Neurobiology in Mental Health and Disorder-- 7. Cultural, Ethnic, and Spiritual Considerations-- 8. Legal and Ethical Aspects in Clinical Practice. Part 2: Psychiatric Disorders-- 9. Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders-- 10. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders-- 11. Mood Disorders and Adjustment Disorders-- 12. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders-- 13. Personality Disorders-- 14. Substance-Related Disorders-- 15. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia and Amnestic Disorders-- 16. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence-- 17. Eating Disorders-- 18. Sleep Disorders-- 19. Sexual Disorders. Part 3: Crisis and Aggression-- 20. Crisis: Theory and Intervention-- 21. Suicide: Prevention and Intervention-- 22. Violence and Forensics in Clinical Practice: Abuse, Neglect, Anger, and Rape. Part 4: Therapeutic Interventions-- 23. Therapies in Clinical Practice-- 24. Psychopharmacology-- 25. Complementary and Alternative Therapies. Part 5: Special Populations-- 26. Grief and Loss-- 27. Mental and Emotional Responses to Medical Illness. Part 6: Community Psychiatric Nursing-- 28. Caring for Clients in the Community-- 29. Caring for Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. Appendix A: American Nurses Association Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice-- Appendix B: DSM-IV-TR Classifications-- Appendix C: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale-- Appendix D: Answers to Review Questions-- Glossary

This textbook emphasizes core psychiatric nursing information and shows you how to effectively appy it to a real-world practice. Practical features such as Nursing Assessment Questions, Clinical Alerts, and Client and Family Teaching Guidelines help you understand core concepts and offer useful tools and information that are directly transferable to the clinical settings.