Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Name: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
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ISBN: 9781401856441

ISBN-10: 1401856446

ISBN-13: 9781401856441

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Lawerence E. Frisch, Noreen Cavan Frisch

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Building knowledge and fostering empathy simultaneously, no other book captures nursing care for patients with psychiatric disorders quite like Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. The distinctive approach of this text is unrivaled, as it utilizes excerpts from literature, movie clips, and classic art to convey actual experiences of clients with psychiatric disorders. The scientific basis of disease is presented for a thorough collection of conditions and disorder types, such as anxiety, depression, mania, and schizophrenia; as well as therapeutic and pharmacological interventions for the people experiencing them. Special consideration is also provided for the suicidal client, the client who…

Book details

List price: $184.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 8/5/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 911
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.148
Language: English

Lawerence E. Frisch, Author Affiliation: University of Victoria

Noreen Cavan Frisch, PhD, RN, is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Nursing at the University of Victoria.




Through the door



Psychiatric nursing



Theory as a basis for practice



Neuroscience as a basis for practice



Diagnostic systems for psychiatric nursing



Tools of psychiatric mental health nursing



Cultural and ethnic considerations



Epidemiology of mental health and illness



Ethical and legal bases for care



Self-care for the nurse



The client undergoing crisis



The client experiencing anxiety



The client experiencing schizophrenia



The client experiencing depression



The client experiencing mania



The client who is suicidal



The client who abuses chemical substances



The client with a personality disorder



The client experiencing a somatoform, factitious, or dissociative disorder



The client with disorders of self-regulation



The physically ill client experiencing emotional distress



Forgotten populations



The child



The adolescent



The elderly



Survivors of violence or abuse



Pharmacology in psychiatric care



Individual psychotherapy



Family therapy



Group therapy



Community mental health nursing



Complementary and somatic therapies



Friday night at the movies



Journey on the information highway : how to use the Internet to get helpful information on psychiatric mental health nursing



Standards of psychiatric-mental health clinical nursing practice



Canadian standards of psychiatric and mental health nursing practice, second edition



DSM-IV-TR classification



NANDA nursing diagnoses 2005-2006



Nursing outcomes classifications (NOC)



Nursing interventions classifications (NIC)



Critical pathway for a client experiencing depression



Psychological tests in common use