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

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 and spiritual 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 -- 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 dissociative disorders -- Issues related to human sexuality and gender identity -- Eating disorders -- Adjustment and impulse control disorders -- Personality disorders -- Psychiatric mental health nursing of special population -- The aging individual -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- Community mental health nursing -- Forensic nursing -- The bereaved individual -- Appendices A. Answers to chapter review questions B. Mental status assessment C. DSM-IV-TR classification: axes I and II categories and codes D. NANDA nursing diagnoses: taxonomy II E. Assigning nursing diagnosis to client behaviors F. Controlled drug catagories and pregnancy categories G. Sample client teaching guides -- Glossary.

This textbook follows an evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice that focuses on both biological and behavioral components. It features in-depth explanations of nursing interventions; Patient outcomes presented as measurable short and long term goals; Coverage of electronic documentation; Information on psychotropic drugs; and a Spiritual assessment tool. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 7th Edition adds a new emphasis on therapeutic communication and offers up-to-date coverage of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiatives. Plus, a CD-ROM provides additional practice with an electronic workbook and NCLEX-style questions, including alternate-item format questions.

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