Preface

vii

Acknowledgment

ix

Chapter 1

Test Taking Strategies and Techniques

1

Strategy #1 Know Yourself

1

Strategy #2 Develop Your Thinking Skills

1

Strategy #3 Know the Content

3

Strategy #4 Become Test-Wise

6

Strategy #5 Apply Basic Rules of Test Taking

7

Strategy #6 Psych Yourself Up: Taking a Test is Stressful

8

Summary

9

Bibliography

9

Chapter 2

Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing Care

11

Mental Health

11

Change

11

The Nursing Process

12

Nurse-Client Relationship

12

Communication

13

Cultural & Ethnic Factors

15

Interdisciplinary Treatment & the Healthcare Team

16

Client Advocacy

17

Case Management

17

Psychiatric Liaison Nursing

18

Milieu

18

Principles of Prescriptive Authority

19

Mental Health Education

21

Family Therapy

21

Group Dynamics & Group Process Theory

22

Ethical Considerations

23

Questions

25

Answers

32

Bibliography

33

Chapter 3

Major Theoretical Frameworks for Psychiatric Nursing

35

Theory

35

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

35

Research

36

Nursing Theoretical Models

37

Nursing Theories

37

Personality Theories

39

Theories of Growth and Development

42

Social/Interpersonal Theories

43

Existential/Humanistic Theories

43

Behavioral Theories

45

Cognitive Theories

45

Theories of Communication

46

Theories of Group Behavior and Therapy

47

Family Theories

48

Neurobiological Theories

49

Miscellaneous Theories

51

Questions

52

Answers

60

Bibliography

61

Chapter 4

Substance-Related Mental Disorders

63

Substance-Related Disorders

63

Questions

76

Answers

80

Bibliography

80

Chapter 5

Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders

83

Anxiety Disorders

83

Somatoform Disorders

95

Factitious Disorders

98

Dissociative Disorders

99

Adjustment Disorder

104

Questions

105

Answers

111

Bibliography

111

Chapter 6

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

115

Overview of Disorders

115

Information Common to Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

118

Questions

129

Answers

134

Bibliography

134

Chapter 7

Mood Disorders

137

Mood Disorders—Overview

137

Depressive Disorders

139

Bipolar Disorders

140

Mood Disorder Due to… (Indicate General Medical Condition)

141

Substance-Induced Mood Disorder

141

Suicide

141

Etiology of Mood Disorders

142

Diagnostic Studies/Tests

143

Screening Instruments

143

Interventions

144

Questions

156

Answers

164

Bibliography

164

Chapter 8

Behavioral Syndromes and Disorders of Adult Personality

165

Eating Disorders

165

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

168

Sexual Dysfunctions

170

Sleep Disorders

171

Impulse Control Disorders

173

Personality Disorders—Coded on Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Classification System

174

Questions

179

Answers

184

Bibliography

184

Chapter 9

Cognitive Mental Disorders and Geropsychiatric Nursing

187

Cognitive Disorders

187

Geropsychiatric Nursing

196

Questions

197

Answers

202

Bibliography

202

Chapter 10

Behavioral and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

205

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

205

Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Children & Adolescents

208

Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence

227

Treatment Modalities for Mental Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

231

Questions

240

Answers

249

Bibliography

249

Chapter 11

The Larger Mental Health Environment

Mental Healthcare Delivery System

253

Managed Care—An Internal Force of Change within the Mental Health Delivery System

257

Reimbursement for Mental Health Services

257

Types of Healthcare Insurance Plans

257

External Forces Interacting with the Mental Health System

258

Leadership and Management

261

Questions

270

Answers

276

Bibliography

276

Index

279