Introductory mental health nursing /
Donna M. Womble, Cynthia A. Kincheloe.
- Fourth edition.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, c2020.
- xiv, 383 pages : 26 cm illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Reviewers Preface Acknowledgements UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS Chapter 1: Mental health and mental illness Chapter 2: The delivery of mental health care Chapter 3: Theories of personality development UNIT 2: MENTAL HEALTH CARE Chapter 4: Treatment of mental illness Chapter 5: Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship Chapter 6: Dynamics of anger, violence, and crises UNIT 3: FUNDAMENTAL NURSING ROLES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Chapter 7: Communication in mental health nursing Chapter 8: The nursing process in mental health nursing UNIT 4: SPECIFIC PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Chapter 9: Anxiety disorders Chapter 10: Mood disorders Chapter 11: Psychotic disorders Chapter 12: Personality disorders Chapter 13: Somatic symptom and related disorders Chapter 14: Dissociative disorders Chapter 15: Substance-related disorders Chapter 16: Eating disorders Chapter 17: Sexual disorders UNIT 5: AGE-SPECIFIC DISORDER AND ISSUES Chapter 18: Disorders and issues of children and adolescents Chapter 19: Disorders and issues of the older adult Appendices Glossary Index
" Written specifically for LPN/LVN students, Introductory Mental Health Nursing, 4th edition, equips you for the challenges of modern mental health nursing with clear, direct, clinically relevant information reflecting the most up-to-date perspectives in the field. This acclaimed text establishes essential groundwork then builds on fundamental concepts to instill a confident understanding of the delivery of mental health care, the nursing process and its relation to mental health, and the management of specific psychiatric disorders to prepare you for success from the classroom to your career."--Back cover