Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing - E-Book: A Clinical Approach

by APRN Halter PhD

Overview

• NEW! Full-page illustrated explanations about the neurobiology of disorders and associated medications.
• NEW! DSM-5 guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are fully incorporated in the text, and include updated NANDA content.
• NEW! Completely revised Evidence-Based Practice boxes.
• NEW! Revised chapter on Dying, Death and Grieving gives you all the vital information you need.
• NEW! Ten NCLEX-style questions and answers at the end of each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323417310
Publisher:	Saunders, W. B. Company
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	696
File size:	99 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Margaret Jordan Halter, PhD, APRN

Table of Contents

UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness 2. Theories and Therapies 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology UNIT II: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE 4. Treatment Settings 5. Cultural Implications 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations UNIT III:  PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TOOLS 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 8. Therapeutic Relationships 9. Therapeutic Communication 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management UNIT IV: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders 14. Depressive Disorders 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders 17. Somatic Symptom Disorders 18. Eating and Feeding Disorders 19. Sleep-Wake Disorders 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias 21. Impulse Control Disorders 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 23. Neurocognitive Disorders 24. Personality Disorders UNIT V: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS 25. Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 26. Crisis and Disaster 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence 29. Sexual Assault UNIT VI:  INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving 31. Older Adults 32. Serious Mental Illness 33. Forensic Nursing UNIT VII: OTHER INTERVENTION MODALITIES 34. Therapeutic Groups 35. Family Interventions 36. Integrative Care Appendix A      NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses and Definitions 2012-2014