Psychiatric-mental health nursing /
Sheila L. Videbeck
- Fifth edition.
- Philadephia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011.
- xi, 530 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
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 relationship -- 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, anxiety disorders, and stress-related illness -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders
Explores the fll psychiatric nursing care continuum in a nursing process framework, emphasizing assessment, therapeutic communication, and psychopharmacologic intervention. Its reader-friendly format and consice chapters promote self-awareness, effective communication, and the use of family and community resources.