Increase your awareness and understanding of a holistic view of mental healthcare 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-color illustrations, updated drug information, and a chapter on complementary and alternative therapies, in addition to more case studies to help you apply the contentto real life. This solid background in mental health is just what you need towork comfortably with clients who exhibit both effective and maladaptive behaviors. INDICE: UNIT ONE: Mental Health Care: Past and Present1. The History of Mental Health Care2. Current Mental Health Care Systems3. Ethical and Legal Issues4. Sociocultural Issues5. Theories and Therapies6. Complementary and Alternative Therapies NEW! 7. Psychotherapeutic Drug TherapyUNIT TWO: The Caregiver'sTherapeutic Skills8. Skills and Principles of Mental Health Care9. Mental Health Assessment Skills10. Therapeutic Communication11. The Therapeutic Relationship12. The Therapeutic EnvironmentUNIT THREE: Mental Health Problems Throughout The Life Cycle13. Problems of Childhood14. Problems of Adolescence15. Problems of Adulthood16. Problems of Late Adulthood17. Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and DementiaUNIT FOUR: Patients With Psychological Problems18. Managing Anxiety19. Illness and Hospitalization20. Loss and Grief21. Depression and Other Mood Disorders22. Physical Problems, Psychological Sources 23. Eating and Sleeping Disorders24. Dissociative DisordersUNIT FIVE: Patients With Psychosocial Problems25. Anger and Aggression26. Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence27. Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide28. Substance-Related Disorders29. Sexual Disorders30. Personality Disorders31. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses32.Chronic Mental Health Disorders33. Challenges for the FutureAppendix A: Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing PracticeAppendix B: DSM-IV-TR ClassificationAppendix C: Mental Status Assessment at a GlanceAppendix D: A Simple Method to Determine Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination Procedure
- ISBN: 978-0-323-05644-1
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 15/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés