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Varcarolis' foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing : a clinical approach.

Varcarolis' foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing : a clinical approach. Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing - Eighth edition / [edited by] Margaret Jordan Halter. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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Psychiatric nursing.

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