Psychiatric mental health nursing : an introduction to theory and practice / [edited by] Patricia O'Brien, Winifred Kennedy, Karen Ballard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Psychiatric-mental health nursing : practice issues -- The nurse-client relationship and therapeutic communication -- The psychiatric nursing assessment -- Neurobiologic considerations in psychiatric care -- Psychopharmacology -- Crises, psychiatric emergencies, and disasters -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Group theory and practice -- Holistic nursing and complementary modalities -- Dementia, delirium, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders -- Mental disorders due to general medical conditions -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Anxiety and dissociative disorders -- Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering -- Sexual disorders and gender identity disorder -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Impulse-control disorders -- Personality disorders -- Clients with chronic mental illness -- The aging client.