Contents: Current theories and practice: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing -- Neurobiologic theories and psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial theories and therapy -- Treatment settings and therapeutic programs -- Building the nurse-client relationship: Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communication -- Client's response to illness -- Assessment -- Current social and emotional concerns: Legal and ethical issues -- Anger, hostility, and aggression -- Abuse and violence -- Grief and loss -- Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders: Anxiety and stress-related illness -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders.