Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. Edition: 9
Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of disorders, DSM-5 criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. From clinical nurse specialist and lead author Dr. Margaret Jordan Halter, this bestselling text includes new Next Generation NCLEX® content to prepare you for success on your PMHN certification exam.
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â?¯UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 2 Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice
Chapter 3 Biological Basis for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments
UNIT TWO: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
Chapter 4 Settings for Psychiatric Care
Chapter 5 Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 6 Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice
UNIT THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TOOLS
Chapter 7 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 8 Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9 Communication and the Clinical Interview
Chapter 10 Understanding and Managing Responses to Stress
UNIT FOUR: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Chapter 11Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 12 Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 13 Bipolar and Related Disorders
Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders
Chapter 15 Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders
Chapter 16 Trauma, Stressor Related and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 18 Feeding, Eating and Elimination Disorders
Chapter 19 Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphylias
Chapter 21 Impulsive Control Disorders
Chapter 22 Personality Disorders
UNIT FIVE: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS
Chapter 23 Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Chapter 24 Crisis and Disaster
Chapter 25 Anger, Aggression and Violence
Chapter 26 Child, Elder, and Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 27 Sexual Assault
UNIT SIX: INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 28 Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult
Chapter 29 Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 30 Forensic Psychiatric Nursing
Chapter 32 Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve
UNIT SEVEN: OTHER INTERVENTION MODALITIES
Chapter 33Therapeutic Groups
Chapter 34 Family Interventions
Chapter 35 Integrative Therapies
APPENDICES
A DSM-5 Classification
B Historic Synopsis of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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