Table of Content
I. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MENTAL-HEALTH NURSING. 1. The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse's Personal Integration and Professional Role. 2. Philosophy and Theory for Interdisciplinary Psychiatric Care. 3. Evidence-Based Practice in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. 4. Psychobiology, Behavior, and Mental Disorders. 5. Stress, Anxiety, and Coping. 6. Cultural Competence and Psychiatric Epidemology. II. APPLYING PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PROCESSES AND COMPETENCIES. 7. The Nursing Process with Psychiatric-Mental Health Clients. 8. Therapeutic Communication. 9. Assessment. 10. Clients' Rights, Ethics, and Advocacy. 11. Creating a Therapeutic Environment. III. CLIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS. 12. Cognitive Disorders. 13. Substance-Related Disorders. 14. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. 15. Mood Disorders. 16. Anxiety, Somatoform, and Dissociative Disorders. 17. Gender Identity and Sexual Disorders. 18. Eating Disorders. 19. Sleep Disorders. 20. Personality Disorders. 21. The Client with Coexisting Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. IV. VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 22. Clients at Risk for Suicide and Self Destructive Behavior. 23. Persons at Risk for Abuse and Violence. 24. Psychiatric-Mental Health Clients with HIV/AIDS. 25. Children. 26. Adolescents. 27. Elders. V. NURSING INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES. 28. Counseling the Individual. 29. Group and Family Interventions. 30. Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions. 31. Psychopharmacology. 32. Alternative and Complementary Healing Practices. 33. Crisis Intervention. 34. Intervening in Violence in the Psychiatric Setting. 35. Forensic Psychiatric Nursing.
