Foundations of Mental Health Care
- 7th Edition - August 4, 2020
- Author: Michelle Morrison-Valfre
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 7 4 4 7 - 8
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Request a sales quoteBuild a broad fundamental knowledge of mental health concepts and disorders! Foundations of Mental Health Care, 7th Edition uses an easy-to-read, multi-disciplinary approach to describe the treatment of clients with mental health disorders. Ideal for nurses and other caregivers, this guide provides in-depth coverage of issues and principles, therapeutic skills, mental health problems throughout the lifecycle, and specific psychological and psychosocial conditions. This edition is updated with the latest information on violence, suicide, substance abuse, and more. Written by expert educator Michelle Morrison-Valfre, this resource enables you to provide effective therapy to clients with a wide range of maladaptive behaviors.
- DSM-5 criteria are used in the descriptions of all mental health disorders.
- Sample client care plans show how members of the health care team work collaboratively to meet client needs.
- Case studies provide realistic client situations that illustrate chapter concepts and strengthen critical thinking.
- Critical Thinking boxes contain thought-provoking client issues and questions, helping students develop skills in clinical reasoning.
- Drug Alert boxes identify the risks and possible adverse reactions of psychotherapeutic medications.
- Cultural Consideration boxes highlight cultural issues and address the mental health needs of culturally diverse clients.
- Get Ready for the NCLEX® feature includes NCLEX-PN review questions, preparing students for success on classroom and licensure exams.
- Study Guide on the Evolve companion website reinforces student understanding of important concepts from the text. Included free with textbook purchase.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Standards of practice for psychiatric–mental health nursing
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Reviewers
- Threads and advisory board
- To the instructor
- To the student
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- UNIT I. Mental Health Care: Past and Present
- 1. The history of mental health care
- Early years
- Nineteenth-century united states
- Twentieth century
- Twenty-first century
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- 2. Current mental health care systems
- Mental health care in canada
- Mental health care in norway
- Mental health care in britain
- Mental health care in australia
- Mental health care in the united states
- Care settings
- Delivery of community mental health services
- Multidisciplinary mental health care team
- Client populations
- Impact of mental illness
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- 3. Ethical and legal issues
- Values and morals
- Rights
- Ethics
- Laws and the legal system
- Laws and mental health care
- Care providers’ responsibilities
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- 4. Sociocultural issues
- Nature of culture
- Influences of culture
- Cultural assessment
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- 5. Theories and therapies
- Historical theories
- Developmental theories and therapies
- Behavioral theories and therapies
- Humanistic theories and therapies
- Systems theories
- Cognitive theories and therapies
- Sociocultural theories
- Biobehavioral theories
- Psychobiology
- Nursing theories
- Psychotherapies
- Somatic therapies
- Future developments
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- 6. Complementary and alternative therapies
- Body-based cam therapies
- Energy-based cam therapies
- Technology-based cam applications
- Cam approaches to mental health care
- Words of caution
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- 7. Psychotherapeutic drug therapy
- How psychotherapeutic drug therapy works
- Classifications of psychotherapeutic drugs
- Client care guidelines
- Special considerations
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- UNIT II. The Caregiver’s Therapeutic Skills
- 8. Principles and skills of mental health care
- Principles of mental health care
- Skills for mental health care
- Principles and practices for caregivers
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- 9. Mental health assessment skills
- Mental health treatment plan
- About assessment
- The health history
- Physical assessment
- Mental status assessment
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- 10. Therapeutic communication
- Characteristics of communication
- Theories of communication
- Levels of communication
- Intercultural communication
- Therapeutic communication skills
- Nontherapeutic communication
- Problems with communication
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- 11. The therapeutic relationship
- Dynamics of the therapeutic relationship
- Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship
- Phases of the therapeutic relationship
- Roles of the caregiver
- Problems encountered in the therapeutic relationship
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- 12. The therapeutic environment
- Use of the inpatient setting
- Goals of a therapeutic environment
- The therapeutic environment and client needs
- Variables of the therapeutic environment
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- UNIT III. Mental Health Problems Throughout the Life Cycle
- 13. Problems of childhood
- Normal childhood development
- Environmental problems
- Problems with parent-child interaction
- Emotional problems
- Behavioral problems
- Problems with eating and elimination
- Developmental problems
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Therapeutic actions
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- 14. Problems of adolescence
- Adolescent growth and development
- Common problems of adolescence
- Mental health problems of adolescence
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 15. Problems of adulthood
- Adult growth and development
- Common problems of adulthood
- Mental health problems of adults
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- 16. Problems of late adulthood
- Overview of aging
- Common problems of older adults
- Mental health problems of older adults
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 17. Cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia
- Confusion has many faces
- Clients with delirium
- Dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Therapeutic interventions
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- UNIT IV. Clients with Psychological Problems
- 18. Managing anxiety
- Continuum of anxiety responses
- Theories relating to anxiety
- Anxiety throughout the life cycle
- Anxiety disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 19. Illness and hospitalization
- The nature of illness
- The hospitalization experience
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 20. Loss and grief
- The nature of loss
- The nature of grief and mourning
- The dying process
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 21. Depression and other mood disorders
- Continuum of emotional responses
- Theories relating to emotions and their disorders
- Emotions throughout the life cycle
- Mood disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 22. Physical problems, psychological sources
- Role of emotions in health
- Anxiety and stress
- Common psychophysical problems
- Somatic symptom and related disorders
- Implications for care providers
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- 23. Eating and sleeping disorders
- Eating disorders
- Sleep-wake disorders
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- 24. Dissociative disorders
- Continuum of self-concept responses
- Self-concept throughout the life cycle
- Dissociative disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- UNIT V. Clients with Psychosocial Problems
- 25. Anger and aggression
- Anger and aggression in society
- Theories of anger and aggression
- The cycle of assault
- Anger-control disorders
- Guidelines for intervention
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- 26. Outward-focused emotions: Violence
- Social factors and violence
- Abuse, neglect, and exploitation within the family
- Abuse, neglect, and exploitation within the community
- Mental health disorders relating to violence
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 27. Inward-focused emotions: Suicide
- Continuum of behavioral responses
- Impact of suicide on society
- Dynamics of suicide
- Theories about suicide
- Suicide throughout the life cycle
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 28. Substance-related disorders
- Vocabulary of terms
- Role of chemicals in society
- Categories of abused substances
- Other/medications
- Characteristics of substance use and abuse
- Guidelines for intervention
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- 29. Sexual disorders
- Continuum of sexual responses
- Sexuality throughout the life cycle
- Modes of sexual expression
- Psychosexual disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 30. Personality disorders
- Continuum of social responses
- Personality throughout the life cycle
- Theories relating to personality disorders
- Personality disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 31. Schizophrenia and other psychoses
- Continuum of neurobiological responses
- Psychoses throughout the life cycle
- Theories relating to psychoses
- Psychotic disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 32. Chronic mental health disorders
- Scope of mental illness
- Public policy and mental health
- Experience of chronic mental illness
- Characteristics of chronic mental illness
- Special populations
- Providing care for chronically mentally ill people
- Therapeutic interventions
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- 33. Challenges for the future
- Changes in mental health care
- The mental health care team
- Change and mental health clients
- Managing change
- Other challenges
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- Appendix A. Mental status assessment at a glance
- Appendix B. A simple assessment of tardive dyskinesia symptoms
- References
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: August 4, 2020
- Imprint: Mosby
- eBook ISBN: 9780323674478
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Michelle Morrison-Valfre
Affiliations and expertise
Health Care Educator/Consultant, Heatlh and Education Consultants, Forest Grove, OR