Foundations of mental health care
Increase your awareness and understanding of a holistic view of mental health care with this book for nurses and other health care professionals. Each chapter covers a specific psychological or psychosocial problem as well as the most current interventions and treatments. This edition features full-...
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St. Louis, MO
Elsevier/Mosby
2013
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The History of Mental Health Care
- 2. Current Mental Health Care Systems
- 3. Ethical and Legal Issues
- 4. Sociocultural Issues
- 5. Theories and Therapies
- 6. Complementary and Alternative Therapies NEW!
- 7. Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy UNIT TWO: The Caregiver's Therapeutic Skills
- 8. Skills and Principles of Mental Health Care
- 9. Mental Health Assessment Skills
- 10. Therapeutic Communication
- 11. The Therapeutic Relationship
- 12. The Therapeutic Environment UNIT THREE: Mental Health Problems Throughout The Life Cycle
- 13. Problems of Childhood
- 14. Problems of Adolescence
- 15. Problems of Adulthood
- 16. Problems of Late Adulthood
- 17. Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia UNIT FOUR: Patients With Psychological Problems
- 18. Managing Anxiety
- 19. Illness and Hospitalization
- 20. Loss and Grief
- 21. Depression and Other Mood Disorders
- 22. Physical Problems, Psychological Sources
- 23. Eating and Sleeping Disorders
- 24. Dissociative Disorders UNIT FIVE: Patients With Psychosocial Problems
- 25. Anger and Aggression
- 26. Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence 27. Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide
- 28. Substance-Related Disorders
- 29. Sexual Disorders
- 30. Personality Disorders
- 31. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
- 32. Chronic Mental Health Disorders
- 33. Challenges for the Future Appendix A: Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing