Table of Contents
Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice 1. Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness 3. Theories&Therapies 4. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology 5. Settings for Psychiatric Care 6. Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art 7. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 8. Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice 9. Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview UNIT III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders 10. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders 11. Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 12. Somatic Symptom Disorders and Related Disorders 13. Personality Disorders 14. Eating Disorders 15. Mood Disorders: Depression 16. Bipolar Spectrum Disorders 17. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders 18. Neurocognitive Disorders 19. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders UNIT IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies Introduction 20. Crisis&Mass Disaster Intervention 21. Child, Partner, and Elder Violence 22. Sexual Violence 23. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors 24. Anger, Aggression, and Violence 25. Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve UNIT V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders 26. Children and Adolescents 27. Adults 28. Older Adults
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