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Author Townsend, Mary C., 1941-

Title Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice / Mary C. Townsend.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., [2011]
©2011

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.890231 T749E    Check Shelf
Edition Fifth edition.
Description xxiv, 816 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Unit one. Introduction to psychiatric/mental health concepts. Mental health and mental illness -- Concepts of personality development -- Biological implications -- Ethical and legal issues -- Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing. Unit two. Psychiatric/mental health nursing interventions. Relationship development and therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Milieu therapy: the therapeutic community -- Intervention in groups -- Intervening in crises -- Complementary and psychosocial therapies. Unit three. Care of clients with psychiatric disorders. Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders: depression -- Mood disorders: bipolar disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform and dissociative disorders -- Issues related to human sexuality -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders. Unit four. Psychiatric mental health nursing of special populations. Children and adolescents -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- The aging individual -- Community mental health nursing -- The bereaved individual. Appendix A: DSM-IV-TR classification: Axes I and II categories and codes -- Appendix B: NANDA nursing diagnoses: taxonomy II -- Appendix C: Assigning nursing diagnoses to client behaviors -- Appendix D: Mental status assessment -- Appendix E: Glossary -- Appendix F: Answers to review questions.
Subject Psychiatric nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
Mental Disorders -- nursing.
ISBN 9780803623385
0803623380
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