Psychiatric-mental health nursing: evidence-base, concepts, skills and practice. / edited by Wanda K. Mohr. - 7th ed. - Baltimore : Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009. - xix, 907 p. : ill. (col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes appendix and index.

Contents: Unit one: Foundational concepts in psychiatric-mental health nursing: Introduction to psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Neuroscience: biology and behavior -- Conceptual frameworks and theories -- Evidence-based practice -- Legal and ethical aspects -- Unit two: Client care considerations: Culture -- Spirituality in psychiatric care -- Unit three: The nurse-client relationship: Nursing values, attitudes, and self-awareness -- The nursing process in psychiatric-mental healthcare -- The interview and assessment process -- Therapeutic relationships and communication -- Working with the multidisciplinary team -- Unit four: Conceptual bases of treatment: Individual therapies and nursing interventions -- Groups and group interventions -- Families and family interventions -- Psychopharmacology -- Integrative therapies -- Somatic therapies -- Unit five: Settings for care: Inpatient care settings -- Community and home psychiatric care -- Forensic psychiatric nursing -- Unit six: Psychiatric disorders: Sleep disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform, dissociative and sexual disorders -- Personality disorders -- Eating disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar disorders -- Thought disorders -- Substance use disorders -- Cognitive disorders -- Unit seven: Psychiatric emergencies: Anger and aggression -- Violence and abuse -- Suicide and suicidal behavior -- Crisis intervention -- Unit eight: Special populations: Pediatric clients -- Older adult clients -- Homeless clients -- Clients with medical illnesses.

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