Table of Contents

1. Therapeutic Communication Skills and Treatment Modalities
2. Legal Aspects of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
3. Disorders Usually First Evident in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
4. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
5. Substance-Related Disorders
6. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
7. Mood Disorders
8. Anxiety Disorders
9. Somatoform Disorders
10 Dissociative Disorders
11. Eating Disorders
12. Adjustment Disorders
13 Personality Disorders
14 Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition
15 Sleep Disorders
16 Special Needs of the Homeless Person with Chronic Mental Illness
17 Special Needs of the Abused Person
18 Special Needs of the Person with H1V/AIDS
APPENDICES
A NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses
B DSM-IV Classification: Categories and Codes
C Mental Status Assessment
D Psychiatric Medications
E Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Selected References
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