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Gain a clear understanding of the often-intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Varcarolis's Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 2nd Edition uses a practical clinical perspective to prepare you for practice. This thoroughly updated, market-leading text features the latest Canadian research related to psychiatric mental health nursing, including DSM-5 guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Additionally, clinical chapters follow a practical framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples presented within an historically Canadian legal, ethical, and cultural context.
Unit 1: Foundations in Theory
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Historical Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
3. Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care within Various Settings
4. Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice
5. Understanding Responses to Stress
UNIT 2: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
6. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
7. Ethical Responsibilities and Legal Obligations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice
8. Cultural Considerations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
UNIT 3: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TECHNIQUES
9. Therapeutic Relationships
10. Communication and the Clinical Interview
11. Psychotropic Drugs
UNIT 4: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
12. Anxiety and Related Disorders
13. Depressive Disorders
14. Bipolar Disorders
15. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
16. Eating and Feeding Disorders
17. Neurocognitive Disorders
18. Psychoactive Substance Use and Treatment
19. Personality Disorders
20. Sleep–Wake Disorders
UNIT 5: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS
21. Crisis and Disaster
22. Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self Injury
23. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
24. Interpersonal Violence: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Abuse
25. Sexual Assault
UNIT 6: INTERVENTIONS FOR DISTINCT POPULATIONS
26. Sexuality and Gender
27. Disorders of Children and Adolescents
28. Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult
29. Living With Recurrent and Persistent Mental Illness
30. Psychological Needs of Patients With Medical Conditions
31. Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve
32. Forensic Psychiatric Nursing
UNIT 7: ADVANCED INTERVENTION MODALITIES
33. Therapeutic Groups
34. Family Interventions
35. Integrative and Complimentary Therapies
APPENDIXES
A. Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, Beliefs, and Values
B. NANDA-International Nursing Diagnoses 2018–2020
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SJ
MH