Psychiatric nursing: contemporary practice

unit I. The nature of Mental health and mental illness: social change and mental health

Cultural issues related to mental health care

Mental health and mental illness

Patient rights and legal issues

Mental health care in the community

unit II. Principles of psychiatric nursing: contemporary psychiatric nursing practice

Theoretic basis of psychiatric nursing

The biologic foundations of psychiatric nursing

Psychopharmacology and other biologic treatments

unit III. Contemporary psychiatric nursing practice: communication and the therapeutic relationship

The assessment process

Diagnosis and outcomes development

Psychiatric-mental health nursing interventions

Interventions with groups

Family assessment and interventions

unit IV. Care of persons with psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia

Schizoaffective, delusional, and other psychotic disorders

Mood disorders

Anxiety disorders

Personality and impulse-control disorders

Somatoform and related disorders

Eating disorders

Substance use disorders

unit V. Children and adolescents: mental health assessment of children and adolescents

Mental health promotion with children and adolescents

Psychiatric disorders diagnosed in childhood and adolescence

unit VI. Older adults: mental health assessment of the elderly

Mental health promotion with the elderly

Delirium, dementias, and related disorders

unit VII. Care of special populations: care of people who are homeless and mentally ill

Issues in dual disorders

Psychosocial aspects of medically compromised persons

unit VIII. Care challenges in psychiatric nursing: stress, crisis, and disaster management

Management of aggression and violence

Caring for abused persons

Case finding and care in suicide: children, adolescents, and adults.