Psychiatric mental health nursing /
Noreen Cavan Frisch..et.al.
- 4th ed.
- Australia : Delmar, 2011.
- vii,366 p. : col ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Psychiatric-mental health nursing : practice issues -- The nurse-client relationship and therapeutic communication -- The psychiatric nursing assessment -- Neurobiologic considerations in psychiatric care -- Psychopharmacology -- Crises, psychiatric emergencies, and disasters -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Group theory and practice -- Holistic nursing and complementary modalities -- Dementia, delirium, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders -- Mental disorders due to general medical conditions -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Anxiety and dissociative disorders -- Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering -- Sexual disorders and gender identity disorder -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Impulse-control disorders -- Personality disorders -- Clients with chronic mental illness -- The aging client.