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Introductory mental health nursing /

by Womble, Donna M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Lippincott's practical nursing: Edition: Third edition.Description: xiii, 374 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781451147148; 1451147147.Subject(s): Psychiatric nursing | Mental Disorders -- nursing | Psychiatric Nursing
Contents:
Mental health and mental illness -- Dynamics of anger, violence, and crises -- Theories of personality development -- The delivery of mental health care -- Treatment of mental illness -- The nursing process in mental health nursing -- Communication in mental health nursing -- Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship -- Anxiety disorders -- Mood disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sexual disorders -- Disorders and issues of children and adolescents -- Disorders and issues of the older adult
Summary: This student-friendly text provides easy-to-understand, clinically relevant information on mental health nursing, supported by real life cases, a built-in workbook, and a full-color design. The third edition features a summarized overview of the theories integral to current treatment modalities, together with practical coverage of the practice setting, psychopharmacologic agents, and the nursing process as it relates to administration of drug therapy.--From publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Mental health and mental illness -- Dynamics of anger, violence, and crises -- Theories of personality development -- The delivery of mental health care -- Treatment of mental illness -- The nursing process in mental health nursing -- Communication in mental health nursing -- Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship -- Anxiety disorders -- Mood disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sexual disorders -- Disorders and issues of children and adolescents -- Disorders and issues of the older adult

This student-friendly text provides easy-to-understand, clinically relevant information on mental health nursing, supported by real life cases, a built-in workbook, and a full-color design. The third edition features a summarized overview of the theories integral to current treatment modalities, together with practical coverage of the practice setting, psychopharmacologic agents, and the nursing process as it relates to administration of drug therapy.--From publisher description

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