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Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice -with CD (4TH 08 Edition)

by Mary A. Boyd

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Publisher Comments:

The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition. Based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, this text provides thorough coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. Features include psychoeducation checklists, therapeutic dialogues, NCLEX(R) notes, vignettes of famous people with mental disorders, and illustrations showing the interrelationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. This edition reintroduces the important chapter on sleep disorders and includes a new chapter on forensic psychiatry.

Synopsis:

AJN Book of the Year Based on the biological-psychological-sociological aspects of mental illness, this comprehensive textbook maintains its grounded focus in current research and continues to reflect current practice. The Third Edition includes a new NCLEX Tips box, more patient teaching points, highlighted nursing interventions, and more health promotion. The free CD-ROM features a new clinical simulation and other student learning activities. The ancillary package includes an Instructor's Resource CD-ROM with a Test Generator, Powerpoint slides, and Instructor's Manual.
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Table of Contents

Unit 1: NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS

1: Stigma, Social Change, and Mental Health

2: Classification of Mental Illnesses and Evidence-Based Nursing Care

3: Patient Rights and Legal Issues

4: Mental Health Care in the Community

Unit 2: PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

5: Frameworks, Ethics, and Standards of Psychiatric Nursing

6: Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing

7: The Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing

8: Psychopharmacology and Other Biologic Interventions

Unit 3: CONTEMPORARY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING PRACTICE

9: Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship

10: The Nursing Process: Assessment, Diagnoses, Outcomes, Interventions, Evaluation

11: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing

12: Interventions with Groups

13: Family Assessment and Interventions

Unit 4: Mental Health Promotion

14: Stress and Mental Health

15: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care

16: Mental Health Promotion of the Young and Middle-Aged Adult

17: Suicide: A Major Mental Health Problem

Unit 5: CARE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

18: Schizophrenia

19: Schizoaffective, Delusional, and Other Psychotic Disorders

20: Mood Disorders: Management of Moods and Suicidal Behavior

21: Anxiety Disorders

22: Personality and Impulse-Disorders: Meaning of Behavior

23: Somatoform and Related Disorders

24: Eating Disorders

25: Substance Related Disorders

26: Sleep Disorders

Unit 6: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

27: Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents

28: Mental Health Promotion with Children and Adolescents

29: Psychiatric Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood and Adolescence

Unit 7: OLDER ADULTS

30: Mental Health Assessment of the Elderly

31: Mental Health Promotion with the Elderly

32: Delirium, Dementias, and Related Disorders

Unit 8: CARE OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS

33: Care of People Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill

34: Issues of Co-Occurring Disorders

35: Care of the Mentally Ill in Forensic Settings

36: Psychosocial Aspects of Medically Compromised Persons

Unit 9: CARE CHALLENGES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

37: Crisis, Grief, and Disaster Management

38: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence

39: Caring for Abused Persons

APPENDICES

A: DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes

B: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

C: Simpson-Angus Rating Scale

D: Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)

E: Simplified Diagnosis for Tardive Dyskinesia (SD-TD)

F: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

G: CAGE Questionnaire

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780781791694
Subtitle:
Contemporary Practice [With CDROM]
Author:
Boyd, Mary A.
Author:
Boyd, Mary Ann
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subject:
Mental Illness
Subject:
Nursing
Subject:
Nursing - Psychiatric
Subject:
Nursing Care
Subject:
Nursing care -- Methods.
Subject:
Psychiatric nursing
Edition Number:
4
Edition Description:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Series:
Point
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
952
Dimensions:
10.89x8.67x1.46 in. 4.76 lbs.
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