Mental Health Nursing

Points of Departure: Beliefs to Guide the Journey * The Wisdom of Past Travelers: Heritage of Psychiatric Nursing * Highways for the Journey: The Mental Health System * Practice Roles and Settings * Rules That Govern the Journey: Legal and Ethical Issues * Guideposts: Theories That Structure the Journey * Physical Dimensions of the Journey: Neurobiological Influences * Shared Attributes of Every Traveler: Self-Concept * Unique Attributes of Successful Travelers: Personal Strengths * The Vehicle for HealingCommunication as Part of a Therapeutic Relationship * The Map of the Journey: The Nursing Process * Travelers from Many Lands: The Impact of Culture * Basic Interventions * Advanced Therapeutic Interventions * The Continuum of Care * Alternative Therapies * Psychotropic Drugs * The Child * The Adolescent * The Adult * The Older Adult * Loss * Stress and Anxiety Disorders * Thought Disorders * Mood Disorders * Psychoactive Substance Abuse Disorders * Behavioral Disorders * Dissociative Disorders * Psychosexual Disorders * Eating Disorders * Suicide * Psychophysiologic Disorders *Cognitive Disorders * Poverty and Homelessness * Violence *Rape *AIDS/HIV * Research, Outcomes, and Quality Improvement * Skills Needed for the Forward Journey * Appendix