Table of Contents

 

 

 

I

BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

 

1

Mental Health/Mental Illness: Theoretical Concepts

 

2

Psychiatric Nursing

 

3

Communication

 

4

Legal and Ethical Considerations

 

5

Stress Adaptation Throughout the Lifespan

 

II

MANAGEMENT OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

 

6

Anxiety and Sleep Disorders

 

7

Psychophysiological and Somatoform Disorders

 

8

Delirium, Dementia, HIV, and Amnestic Disorders

 

9

Eating Disorders

 

10

Personality, Impulse Control and Adjustment Disorders

 

11

Dissociative and Sexual/Gender Identity Disorders

 

12

Substance-Related Disorders

 

13

Schizophrenia and Other Thought Disorders

 

14

Mood Disorders: Depression

 

15

Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorders

 

16

Child and Adolescent Disorders

 

17

Comprehensive Final Examination

 

 

Glossary of English Words Commonly Encountered on Nursing Examinations

 

 

Index