| Edition |
6th ed. |
| Description |
xx, 459 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
What are the strengths and weaknesses of today's mental health status exams? How do you gain the trust of a noncompliant client? What behavioral objectives are realistic in the treatment of anxiety disorders? Using the DSM-IV as an organizing framework, this superior text helps you answer questions like these, building the skills you need for effective, compassionate nursing care of clients with mental illness. |
| Contents |
Patterns of Mental Health Care -- Current and Evolving Patterns of Mental Health Care -- History of Mental Health Care -- Changing Patterns of Mental Health Care Delivery -- Changes in Inpatient Mental Health Treatment -- Importance of Economic Factors in Decision Making About Mental Health Treatment -- The Roles of the Nurse in Different Mental Health Settings -- Concepts of Nursing Practice -- Roles and Functions of the Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse -- Types of Nursing Roles in Mental Health Settings -- The Role of the LPN/LVN in Different Settings -- Inpatient Hospitalization: The Mental Health Treatment Team and the Therapeutic Milieu -- Preliminary Care Planning in the Inpatient Treatment Setting -- Critical Paths -- The Mental Health Treatment Team -- Communication Within the Treatment Team -- The Therapeutic Milieu -- Therapeutic Team Treatment -- Community-Based Treatment Settings for Mental Disorders -- Community Mental Health Centers -- The Homeless and Mental Illness -- Assertive Community Treatment -- Home Care Setting: Client and Family Issues -- The New Option of Home Care for Treatment of Mental Disorders -- The Philosophy of Home Care Nursing -- Basic Principles of Mental Health Rehabilitation -- Criteria for Assessment of Safe Mental Health Home Care -- Home Care Services for the Person in a Mental Health Crisis -- Collaborative Care With Other Health Care Disciplines -- Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Mental Health Nursing -- The Code for Nurses -- The Code for Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses. |
| Subject |
Psychiatry.
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Mental health.
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Psychiatric nursing.
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Mental health. (OCoLC)fst01016339
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Psychiatric nursing. (OCoLC)fst01081110
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Psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01081152
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Mental Disorders -- nursing.
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001523Q000451
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Mental Health. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008603
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Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011568Q000379
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020488
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| Added Title |
Mental health and mental illness |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Barry, Patricia D. Mental health & mental illness. 6th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven, ©1998 (OCoLC)605215038 |
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Online version: Barry, Patricia D. Mental health & mental illness. 6th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven, ©1998 (OCoLC)608451583 |
| ISBN |
0397554737 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780397554737 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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