Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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This comprehensive book equips the nursing students with the practical core knowledge they need to manage the patients in general psychiatric wards in a clinic. Students need to understand psychosocial aspects of physiological illness and disability, and gender issues, age-related problems and life-styles. Covers disciplines such as psychiatry, pharmacology, neurology, sociology and psychology. Describes specific health conditions of a patient and shows ways to organize treatmentKey Featues This book provides students of nursing profession with solid foundation for taking care of mentally ill persons and meet the mental health needs of individuals, families, small groups can communities. This book provides extensive treatment of the subject in a very lucid and cogent manner, so that students can grasp the subject very clearly and completely. It covers all the area, specified by the Indian Nursing Council, Indian Universities and Boards of Nursing that are imparting Diplomas and Degrees in Nursing. Table of Contents 1. Concepts of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 2. Evolution of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3. Theoretical Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4. Psychobiological Foundation of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 5. The Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship and Communication 6. Basic Aspects of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 7. Nursing Process Applications in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8. The Therapeutic Use of Self Concept 9. Therapeutic Intervention 10. Crisis Theory and Crisis Intervention 11. Anxiety Disorders 12. Sleep Disorders 13. Somatoform Disorders 14. Eating Disorders 15. Schizophrenia 16. Mood Disorders 17. Personality Disorders 18. Substance Abuse Related Disorders 19. Psychophysiological Disorders 20. Cognitive Disorders 21. Dissociative Disorders 22. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders 23. Psychopharmacology 24. Child and Adolescent Disorders 25. Community Mental Health Nursing (CMHN).