1. Introduction to psychiatric nursing / Elizabet Lynch -- 2. Disorders of children and adolescents / Linda Carman Copel -- 3. Disorders of the elderly / Barbara Broome -- 4. Schizophrenia / Chien Yin Cepeda -- 5. Mood disorders / Janet Somlyay -- 6. Anxiety, anxiety-related, and obsessive disorders / Gilda Mark -- 7. Somatic symptom and related disorders / Kathleen R. Tusaie -- 8. Dissociative disorders / Virginia Conley -- 9. Personality disorders / Dorit Breiter -- 10. Eating disorders / Dorit Breiter -- 11. Substance use disorders / William J. Lorman -- 12. Sleep disorders / Matthew Sorenson -- 13. Sexual disorders / Donna Sabella.
Summary
This guide clarifies the complexities of psychiatric nursing, providing an oasis of down-to-earth wisdom and guidance. Seasoned experts in psychiatric-mental health nursing present symptoms, causes and diagnostic methods for more than 70 psychiatric disorders describing the latest in treatment approaches, psychopharmacology, and nursing interventions.