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Table of contents:

UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice
3. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments

UNIT TWO: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
4. Settings for Psychiatric Nursing
5. Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
6. Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice

UNIT THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TOOLS Chapter
7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Chapter
8. Therapeutic Relationships Chapter
9. Communication and the Clinical Interview Chapter
10. Understanding and Managing Responses to Stress

UNIT FOUR PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS Chapter
11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chapter
12. Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Chapter
13. Bipolar and Related Disorders Chapter
14. Depressive Disorders Chapter
15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders Chapter
16. Trauma, Stressor-related, and Dissociative Disorders Chapter
17. Somatic Symptom Disorder and Related Disorders Chapter
18. Eating and Feeding Disorders Chapter
19. Sleep-Wake Disorders Chapter
20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias Chapter
21. Impulse Control Disorders Chapter
22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Chapter
23. Neurocognitive Disorders Chapter
24. Personality Disorders

UNIT FIVE: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS Chapter
25. Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Chapter
26. Crisis and Disaster Chapter
27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence Chapter
28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence Chapter
29. Sexual Assault

UNIT SIX: INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS Chapter
30. Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve Chapter
31. Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult Chapter
32. Serious Mental Illness Chapter
33. Forensic Psychiatric Nursing

UNIT SEVEN: OTHER INTERVENTION MODALITIES Chapter
34. Therapeutic Groups Chapter
35. Family Interventions Chapter
36. Integrative Therapies