Essentials of psychiatric nursing/ [by] Dorothy A. Mereness [and] Cecelia Monat Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. The Mental Health Delivery System and Health Care Team
2. Psychiatric Nursing in the Hospital
3. Psychiatric Nursing in the Community
4. Issues in Psychiatric Nursing
5. Self-Awareness
6. Principles of Psychiatric Nursing
7. Effective Communication
8. Nurse-Client Interactions
9. The Therapeutic Environment
10. Psychopharmacology / Barbara L. MacDermott
11. General Systems Theory and Stress and Adaptation: One Conceptual Framework
12. Psychosocial Theories of Personality Development
13. Anxiety: One Response to Stress
14. Cultural Factors Influencing Mental Health and Mental Illness / Joyce N. Giger, Ruth E. Davidhizar, Sharon Evers and Charlotte Ingram
15. Individuals with Thought Disorders
16. Individuals with Mood Disorders
17. Individuals with Anxiety Disorders
18. Individuals with Physiological Stress Responses
19. Individuals with Substance Abuse and Dependence / Kem B. Louie
20. Individuals with Personality Disorders
21. Populations at Risk: Children and Adolescents / Beatrice C. Yorker
22. Populations at Risk: Elderly Persons
23. Populations at Risk: Persons with a Physical Illness
24. Crisis Theory and Intervention
25. Group Therapy and Intervention
26. Family Theory and Intervention / Christine S. Fawcett
Appendix A DSM-III-R Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes
Appendix B Preliminary DSM-IV Classifications
Appendix C Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)

Offers a practical approach that blends the holistic and humanistic components of care with the psychopathology of mental health conditions. This title incorporates research in psychiatric-mental health nursing, expands the presentation of nursing interventions, and provides student learning aids.