A Guide To Mental Health And Psychiatric Nursing (Paperback)

Key Features
* This new edition includes chapters on Principles and Concepts of Mental Health Nursing, Therapeutic Communication and Nurse-patient Relationship, Treatment Modalities and Therapies for Mental Disorders, Nursing Management for Various Psychotic Disorders, Psychiatric Emergencies and Crisis Intervention, Legal Issues in Mental Health Nursing and Community Mental Health Nursing.
* Enables the readers to understand a gamut of issues on the subject and also meet mental health care needs of patients more effectively.

Table of Contents
1 Perspectives of Mental Health and Mental Health Nursing
2 Principles and Concepts of Mental Health Nursing
3 Nursing Process in Psychiatric Nursing and Assessment of Mental Health Status
4 Therapeutic Communication and Nurse-Patient Relationship
5 Therapeutic Modalities and Therapies Used in Mental Disorders
6 Nursing Management of Patient with Schizophrenia, and Other Psychotic Disorders
7 Nursing Management of Patient with Mood Disorders
8 Nursing Management of Patient with Neurotic, Stress Related and Somatization Disorders
9 Nursing Management of Patient with Substance Use Disorder
10 Nursing Management of Patient with Personality, Sexual and Eating Disorder
11 Nursing Management of Childhood and Adolescent Disorders Including Mental Deficiency
12 Nursing Management of Organic Brain Disorders
13 Psychiatric Emergencies and Crisis Intervention
14 Legal Issues in Mental Health Nursing
15 Community Mental Health Nursing
Appendices
Glossary
Further Reading
Index