Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : a communication approach to evidence-based care / Elizabeth M. Varcarolis,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Practicing the science and the art of psychiatric nursing -- Mental health and mental illness -- Theories and therapies / Margaret Jordan Halter -- Biological basis for understanding psychopharmacology / Dorothy A. Varchol -- Settings for psychiatric care / Margaret Jordan Halter -- Legal and ethical basis for practice / Penny Simpson Brooke -- Nursing process and QSEN: the foundation for safe and effective care -- Communication skills: medium for all nursing practice -- Therapeutic relationships and the clinical interview -- Stress and stress-related disorders -- Anxiety, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders -- Somatic symptom disorders and related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Eating disorders / Kathleen Ibrahim -- Mood disorders: depression -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Crisis and mass disaster -- Child, partner, and elder violence -- Sexual violence -- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Care for the dying and those who grieve / Kathy Kramer-Howe -- Children and adolescents -- Adults / Edward A Herzog -- Older adults.