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9780721677538

Mental Health Nursing : An Introductory Text

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  • ISBN13:

    9780721677538

  • ISBN10:

    0721677533

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-11-02
  • Publisher: Saunders
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Summary

This concise, two-color text provides the information needed to recognize significant client behavior problems, and to understand the basis of those problems and related behavioral patterns. Its clear and practical approach helps readers learn how to tailor therapeutic responses to a client's individual illness and to understand their nursing responsibilities for a full range of modern treatments, including psychotherapeutic medications.

Table of Contents

unit 1 PERSPECTIVES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE
A Brief Historical Perspective of the Mental Health Movement
2(10)
Influences on Mental Health Services
12(13)
Spiritual and Cultural Considerations
25(8)
Stigma and Related Legal and Ethical Issues
33(9)
unit 2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Team Members
42(9)
Developing a Therapeutic Milieu
51(7)
Communication and Mental Health
58(10)
Data Collection
68(16)
unit 3 NURSING RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC DISORDERS
Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
84(15)
Cognitive Disorders
99(10)
Substance-Related Disorders
109(14)
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
123(9)
Depressive Mood Disorders
132(9)
Bipolar Mood Disorders
141(7)
Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders
148(11)
Dissociative Disorders and Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
159(14)
Eating Disorders
173(10)
Personality Disorders
183(8)
Mental Health Problems in Non-Psychiatric Settings
191(12)
Older Adults and Mental Health
203(9)
unit 4 INTERVENTIONS
Stress, Crisis, and Crisis Intervention
212(10)
Psychopharmacology
222(17)
Physical and Medical Therapies
239(6)
Psychotherapies
245(11)
Behavior Management
256(12)
Relationship Between Physiological and Psychological Needs
268(13)
Enhancing Personal Strengths
281(11)
Managing Aggressive Behavior
292(10)
Community Reentry
302(10)
Behaviors That Challenge the Nurse
312(47)
APPENDICES
A JCAHO Criteria for the Therepeutic Milieu
338(2)
B DSM-IV Classification
340(10)
C Suggestions for Further Reading
350(3)
D Evaluation Exercises
353(6)
Glossary 359(7)
Index 366

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