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Psychiatric • Mental Health
Psychiatric-MentalHealthNursing,SixthEdition
International Edition
SheilaVidebeckPhD,RN
978-1-4511-8899-8 • September2013 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” •544pp
978-1-4511-8789-2 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly
Succeed in your course and prepare for effective practice with
PsychiatricMentalHealthNursing:SixthEdition
. Focusedthroughout
on helping you develop the skills and knowledge you’ll need on the
job, this practical book explores the full psychiatric nursing curriculum
and gives you opportunities to practice specific nursing interventions,
build therapeutic communication skills, and apply content within the
frameworkofthenursingprocess.Astudyguidebuilt intoeverychapter
helpsyoumaster key concepts andbuild critical reasoning skills.
Features
• Increaseyour students’ understandingofmajordisorders through
clinical vignettes
that “paint apicture”of thedisorder inaction.
• Helpyour students learnwhat to look for in their clients through
non-judgmental, cartoon-like illustrations thatdepictdisorders.
• Increase studentmasteryof key concepts and skills through
integratedpedagogy, includingCriticalThinkingquestions,
Chapter Reviews, andabuilt-in chapterStudyGuide that provides
workbook-stylefill-in, short-answer, andNCLEX
®
-stylequestions
that test knowledgeandunderstanding.Answers appear at theback
of thebook.
• Foster your students’ personal andprofessional development
through chapter-endingSelf-Awareness features that encourage
them to reflecton themselves, their emotions, and their attitudes.
• Build students’ skills in culturally sensitivepractice throughCultural
Considerations sections.
• Promote therapeutic communication skills throughTherapeutic
CommunicationDialogues,whichare setoffwithan icon
andgive specific examplesof nurse-client interactions.Clear
distinction ismadebetween social communicationand therapeutic
communication.
• Strengthen students’ roles as educators throughClient/Family
Educationboxes.
• Prepareyour students for practicewithSymptoms and Interventions
highlights andSampleNursingCarePlans for chapters inUnits3
and4.
Table of Contents
Unit1:
CurrentTheories andPractice
Ch. 1: Foundations of PsychiatricMental
HealthNursing
Ch. 2:NeurobiologicTheories and
Psychopharmacology
Ch. 3: PsychosocialTheories andTherapies
Ch. 4:Treatment settings andTherapeutic
Programs
Unit2:
Building theNurse-Client
Relationship
Ch. 5:TherapeuticRelationships
Ch. 6:Therapeutic communication
Ch. 7: Client’s response to Illness
Ch. 8: Assessment
Unit3:
CurrentSocial andEmotional
Concerns
Ch. 9: Legal andEthical Issues
Ch. 10: Grief andLoss
Ch. 11: Anger,Hostility, andAggression
Ch. 12: Abuse andViolence
Unit4:
NursingPractice for
PsychiatricDisorders
Ch. 13:Trauma and Stressor-Related
Disorders
Ch. 14: Anxiety andAnxietyDisorders
Ch. 15:OCD andRelatedDisorders
Ch. 16: Schizophrenia
Ch. 17:MoodDisorders and Suicide
Ch. 18: PersonalityDisorders
Ch. 19: Addiction
Ch. 20: EatingDisorders
Ch. 21: Somatic Symptom Illnesses
Ch. 22:NeurodevelopmentalDisorders
Ch. 23:DisruptiveBehaviorDisorders
Ch. 24: CognitiveDisorders
AnswerstoCh.StudyGuides
AppendixA.DrugClassificationUnder the
Controlled Substances Act
AppendixB. Canadian Standards of
Psychiatric andMentalHealthNursing
Practice (3rd ed.)
AppendixC. CanadianDrugTradeNames
AppendixD.MexicanDrugTradeNames
. . . Abridged tofit