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Townsend, Mary C.,

Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing / - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2005. - xx, 697 p. : col. ill. ; 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Mental health and mental illness -- Concepts of personality development -- Biological implications -- Ethical and legal issues -- Relationship development and therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Milieu : the therapeutic environment -- Intervention in groups -- Intervening in crises -- Psychopharmacology -- Complementary and psychosocial therapies -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Anxiety-related disorders -- Disorders of human sexuality -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Children and adolescents -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- The aging individual -- Community mental health nursing -- The bereaved individual.

ISBN: 0803612672 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780803612679

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychiatric nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing
Mental Disorders

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89023122 / T68