Psychiatric nursing Book

	Preface
	The Artwork in this Text
	Contributors
	Reviewers
	Foreword
1	Beginning the Psychiatric Nursing Experience	3
2	Psychiatric Nursing	11
3	Patterns of Psychiatric Nursing Practice	26
4	The Brain and Behavior	37
5	Mental Health Learning and Teaching	59
6	Stress, Coping, and Defensive Functioning	77
7	Human Growth and Developmental Tasks	91
8	Systems Theory as a Model for Understanding Families	107
9	Culture, Ethnicity and Race in Mental Health and Illness	131
10	Spirituality and Patient Care	143
11	Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Nursing	151
12	Therapeutic Communication	167
13	Somatoform Disorders	189
14	Anxiety Disorders	201
15	Dissociative Disorders	223
16	Loss, Grief, and Bereavement	239
17	Childhood Disorders	259
18	Issues in Adolescent Mental Health	277
19	Aging and Mental Health	295
20	Mood Disorders	328
21	Sexual Issues, Disorders, and Deviations	349
22	Eating Disorders	371
23	Sleep Disorders	385
24	Treating Childhood Sexual Trauma	411
25	Victims of Sexual Assault	425
26	Personality Disorders	441
27	Child Maltreatment	463
28	Violence in Families	485
29	Schizophrenia	503
30	The Seriously Mentally Ill, Homeless Population	519
31	Substance Abuse	537
32	Management of Suicidal Patients	561
33	Assaultive Patients	587
34	HIV-positive Persons and Their Families	609
35	Conceptual Models as Guides for Psychiatric Nursing Practice	627
36	Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship	645
37	Therapeutic Milieu Management	663
38	Clinical Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis	675
39	Crisis Intervention	703
40	Treatment Modalities - Crisis, Behavioral, Relationship, and Insight	715
41	Therapeutic Groups	731
42	Pharmacotherapy	745
43	Critical Pathways for Mental Health and Planning Care	791
44	Case Management	803
45	Psychiatric Home Health Care	817
	Chapter Suggested Readings	829
Appendix	North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) Approved Nursing Diagnoses	833
	Index	835