Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing

Abstract

THE CONTEXT OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING PRACTICE * The Mental Health Delivery System and Health Care Team * Psychiatric Nursing in the Hospital * Psychiatric Nursing in the Community * Issues in Psychiatric Nursing * THE TOOLS OF THE PSYCHIATRIC NURSE * Self -Awareness * Principles of Psychiatric Nursing * Effective Communication * Nurse-Client Interactions * The Therapeutic Environment* Psychopharmacology * SELECTED THEORIES UNDERLYING PSYCHIATRIC NURSING PRACTICE * General Systems Theory and Stress and Adaptation: One Conceptual Framework * Psychosocial Theories of Personality Development * Anxiety: One Response to Stress * Cultural Factors Influencing Mental Health and Mental Illness * THE CONSUMERS OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING * Individuals with Thought Disorders * Individuals with Mood Disorders * Individuals with Anxiety Disorders * Individuals with Physiologic Stress Reactions * Individuals with Substance Abuse and Dependence * Individuals with Personality Disorders * Populations at Risk: Children and Adolescents * Populations at Risk: The Elderly * Populations at Risk: The Physically Ill * MULTIDISCIPLINARY PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTIONS * Crisis Theory and Intervention* Group Theory and Intervention * Family Theory and Intervention