Mental Health Nursing : An Introductory Text

by Bauer & Hill

• ISBN13: 9780721677538
• ISBN10: 0721677533
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-02
• Publisher: Saunders

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