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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., c2006.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxvi, 981 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 0803614519
  • 9780803614512
  • 9788184480252 (Indian Ed.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89/0231 22
LOC classification:
  • RC440 .T693 2006
NLM classification:
  • 2006 B-957
  • WY 160
Contents:
Basic concepts in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- The concept of stress adaptation -- Mental health/mental illness: historical and theoretical concepts -- Foundations for psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Theoretical models of personality development -- Concepts of psychobiology -- Ethical and legal issues in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Cultural concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic approaches in psychiatric nursing care -- Relationship development -- Therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Intervention with families -- Milieu therapy: the therapeutic community -- Crisis intervention -- Relaxation therapy -- Assertiveness training -- Promoting self-esteem --Anger/agression management -- The suicidal client -- Behavior therapy -- Cognitive therapy -- Psychopharmacology -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Complementary therapies -- Client education -- Nursing care of clients with alterations in psychosocial adaptation -- Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform and sleep disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Eating disorders -- Adjustment and impulse control disorders -- Psychological factors affecting medical conditions -- Personality disorders -- Psychiatric /mental health nursing of special populations -- The aging individual -- The individual with HIV disease -- Problems related to abuse or neglect -- Men's and women's health issues -- Community mental health nursing -- Psychiatric home nursing care -- Forensic nursing -- The bereaved individual.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- The concept of stress adaptation -- Mental health/mental illness: historical and theoretical concepts -- Foundations for psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Theoretical models of personality development -- Concepts of psychobiology -- Ethical and legal issues in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Cultural concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic approaches in psychiatric nursing care -- Relationship development -- Therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Intervention with families -- Milieu therapy: the therapeutic community -- Crisis intervention -- Relaxation therapy -- Assertiveness training -- Promoting self-esteem --Anger/agression management -- The suicidal client -- Behavior therapy -- Cognitive therapy -- Psychopharmacology -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Complementary therapies -- Client education -- Nursing care of clients with alterations in psychosocial adaptation -- Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform and sleep disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Eating disorders -- Adjustment and impulse control disorders -- Psychological factors affecting medical conditions -- Personality disorders -- Psychiatric /mental health nursing of special populations -- The aging individual -- The individual with HIV disease -- Problems related to abuse or neglect -- Men's and women's health issues -- Community mental health nursing -- Psychiatric home nursing care -- Forensic nursing -- The bereaved individual.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC Pentium II or higher ; OS Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

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