ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

Offering a unique focus on communication skills, mental health promotion, and evidence-based, recovery-oriented nursing care of people with common mental health disorders, this concise and engaging text presents essential concepts in easy-to-understand language with multiple examples and explanations. Compelling case studies—supported by online videos that play out the scenarios in more depth—show students how to apply theory to specific patients, providing a seamless transition to the practice world.

Emphasizing psychopharmacology, the recovery model, and DSM-5 throughout, this practical book will help students:
• Master essential psychiatric nursing concepts through Key Diagnostic Characteristics summaries, which describe diagnostic criteria, target symptoms, and associated findings for select disorders, adapted from the DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association.
• Hone an understanding of commonly prescribed medications for patients with mental health problems through Drug Profile boxes that complement text discussions of biologic processes associated with various mental health disorders.
• Develop a deeper understanding of mental health patients through case studies interwoven in the mental health disorder chapters that are brought to life by online videosof these case patients displaying these disorders.
• Prepare for effective practice through online Nursing Care Plans, most of which are based on the book’s case studies. These plans present clinical examples of patients with a particular diagnosis and demonstrate plans of care that follow patients through various diagnostic stages and care delivery settings.

Author
Mary Ann Boyd PhD, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC. Professor Emerita. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Edwardsville, Illinois. Clinical Faculty.St. Louis, Missouri.

Table Of Contents
• Unit I. Essentials of Mental Health Care
Mental Health & Mental Disorders: Fighting Stigma & Promoting Recovery
Cultural & Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care
Patient Rights & Legal Issues
• Unit II. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Frameworks.
Ethics, Standards, & Nursing Frameworks
Theoretical Basis of Psychiatric Nursing
Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing
• Unit III. Knowledge & Skills of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing.
Therapeutic Communication
The Nurse-Patient Relationship
The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process
Pharmacology, Dietary supplements, and Biologic Interventions
Group Interventions
• Unit IV. Prevention of Mental Disorders.
Stress & Mental Health
Management of Anger, Aggression, & Violence
Crisis, Grief, & Disaster Management
Suicide Prevention: Screening, Assessment, & Intervention
• Unit V. Care & Recovery for Persons with Mental Health Disorders.
Anxiety & Panic Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Anxiety & Panic
Trauma & Stressor Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Trauma-Related Stress
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Obsessions & Compulsions
Depression: Nursing Care of Persons with Depressive Moods & Suicidal Behavior
Bipolar Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Mood Lability
Schizophrenia & Related Disorders Nursing Care of Persons with Thought Disorders
Personality & Impulse-control disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Personality & Impulse-control Disorders
Somatic Symptom & Dissociative Disorder: Nursing Care of Persons with Somatization
Eating Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Eating and Weight-Related Disorders
Addiction & Substance-Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Alcohol & Drug Use
Sleep Disorders Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia & Sleep Problems
Sexual Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Sexual Dysfunction
• Unit VI. Care of Special Populations.
Mental Health Disorders of Children & Adolescents
Mental Health Disorders of Older Adults
Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence
App A. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
App B. Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
App C. Simplified Diagnosis for Tardive Dyskinesia (SD-TD)