Includes bibliographical references and index

CONTENTS

Mental health, mental disorder, and psychiatric-mental health clients : Who are they?
Psychiatric-mental health nurses : Who are they?
Self-awareness and the psychiatric-mental health nurse
The therapeutic nurse-client relationship
Theories for interdisciplinary care in psychiatry
The biologic basis of behavioral and mental disorders
The science of psychopharmacology
Stress, anxiety, and coping
Cultural competence
Therapeutic communication
Psychiatric-mental health assessment
Ethics, clients' rights, and legal and forensic issues
Creating hospital and community-based therapeutic environments
Cognitive disorders
Substance-related disorders
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Dissociative, somatoform, and factitious disorders
Gender identity and sexual disorders
Eating disorders
Personality disorders
Clients at risk for suicide and self-destructive behavior
Intrafamily violence : Physical and sexual abuse
Children
Adolescents
Elders
Therapeutic groups
Family-focused interventions
Cognitive and behavioral interventions
Psychopharmacologic nursing interventions
Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation strategies
Complementary, alternative, and integrative healing practices
Crisis intervention
Anger management and intervention in psychiatric-mental health settings
Appendix A : DSM-IV-TR classification
Index

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