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Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing : a clinical approach.

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St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2010.

Psychiatric nursing.

9781416066675 (hardback : alk. paper)

1416066675 (hardback : alk. paper)

xxii, 842 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

6th ed. / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter.

Mental health and mental illness -- Relevant theories and therapies for nursing practice -- Biological basis for understanding psychotropic drugs -- Psychiatric mental health nursing in acute care settings -- Psychiatric mental health nursing in community settings -- Cultural implications for psychiatric mental health nursing -- Legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice -- The nursing process and standards of care for psychiatric mental health nursing -- Therapeutic relationships -- Communication and the clinical interview -- Understanding responses to stress -- Anxiety and anxiety disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Eating disorders -- Cognitive disorders -- Addictive disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders -- Somatoform, factitious, and dissociative disorders -- Crisis and disaster -- Suicide -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Child, older adult, and intimate partner abuse -- Sexual assault -- Disorders of children and adolescents -- Psychosocial needs of the older adult -- Serious mental illness -- Psychological needs of patients with medical conditions -- Care for the dying and for those who grieve -- Forensic psychiatric nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Family interventions -- Integrative care.

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