Psychiatric mental health nursing. /
Shielda L. Videbeck.
- 2nd ed.
- Baltimore : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004.
- xv, 592 p . : ill. col. ; 28 cm.
Includes appendix and index.
Content: Unit one: Current theories and practice: Foundations of psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Neurobiological theories and psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial theories and therapy -- Treatment settings and therapeutic programs -- Unit two: Building the nurse-client relationship: Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communication -- Client's response to illness -- Assessment -- Unit three: Current social and emotional concerns: Legal and ethical issues -- Anger, hostility, and aggression -- Abuse and violence -- Grief and loss -- Unit four: Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders: Anxiety and anxiety disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders and suicide -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders.