Psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice / Mary C. Townsend, Karyn I. Morgan.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Townsend, Mary C., 1941- (Author)
Morgan, Karyn I. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis Company, [2018]
Edition:Ninth edition.
Subjects:
Psychiatric nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing > methods.
Mental Disorders > nursing.
Evidence-Based Nursing.
Physical Description:xx, 901 pages, 74 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The concept of stress adaptation
  • Mental health and mental illness: historical and theoretical concepts
  • Concepts of psychobiology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Ethical and legal issues
  • Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric-mental health nursing
  • Relationship development
  • Therapeutic communication
  • The nursing process in psychiatric-mental health nursing
  • Therapeutic groups
  • Intervention with families
  • Milieu therapy-the therapeutic community
  • Crisis intervention
  • Assertiveness training
  • Promoting self-esteem
  • Anger and aggression management
  • Suicide prevention
  • Behavior therapy
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • The recovery model
  • Neurocognitive disorders
  • Substance-related and addictive disorders
  • Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
  • Depressive disorders
  • Bipolar and related disorders
  • Anxiety, obessive-compulsive, and related disorders
  • Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
  • Somatic symptom and dissociative disorders
  • Issues related to human sexuality and gender dysphoria
  • Eating disorders
  • Personality disorders
  • Children and adolescents
  • The aging individual
  • Survivors of abuse or neglect
  • Community mental health nursing
  • The bereaved individual
  • Military families.