Mental health nursing

Fontaine, Karen Lee,

Mental health nursing Karen Lee Fontaine. - 6th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xxv, 727p. col,ill. 28 cm 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to mental health nursing -- The family in mental health nursing -- The community in mental health nursing -- The role of culture in mental health nursing -- Legal and ethical issues -- Neurobiology and behavior -- Illness management: communication and psychoeducation -- Illness management: common clinical behaviors -- Illness management: treatment decisions -- Illness management: medications -- Anxiety, dissociative, and somatoform disorders -- Eating disorders -- Mood disorders -- Schizophrenic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Disorders of children and adolescents -- Gender identity and sexual disorders -- Cognitive impairment disorders -- Neuropsychiatric problems -- Suicide -- Interpersonal violence -- Sexual violence -- Community violence -- Nursing management of the problems associated with exposure to natural disasters and terrorism.


System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows and Mac.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh and Windows.

9780135146552 0135146550

2008015615

101470708 DNLM


Psychiatric nursing.
Mental Disorders--nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing--methods.

RC440 / .E82 2009

616.89/0231

2008 I-862 WY 160 / F678m 2009