Nursing Theories

Book Summary of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing This comprehensive book equips the nursing students with the practical core knowledge they need to manage the patients in general psychiatric wards in a clinic. Students need to understand psychosocial aspects of physiological illness and disability and gender issues age-related problems and life-styles. Covers disciplines such as psychiatry pharmacology neurology sociology and psychology. Describes specific health conditions of a patient and shows ways to organize treatment. 1. Concepts of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 2. Evolution of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3. Theoretical Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4. Psychobiological Foundation of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 5. The Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship and Communication 6. Basic Aspects of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 7. Nursing Process Applications in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8. The Therapeutic Use of Self Concept 9. Therapeutic Intervention 10. Crisis Theory and Crisis Intervention 11. Anxiety Disorders 12. Sleep Disorders 13. Somatoform Disorders 14. Eating Disorders 15. Schizophrenia 16. Mood Disorders 17. Personality Disorders 18. Substance Abuse Related Disorders 19. Psychophysiological Disorders 20. Cognitive Disorders 21. Dissociative Disorders 22. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders 23. Psychopharmacology 24. Child and Adolescent Disorders 25. Community Mental Health Nursing (CMHN).