TY - BOOK TI - Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing :a clinical approach [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter SN - 9781415575358: PY - 2014/// CY - St. Louis, Mo. : : PB - Saunders/Elsevier,, KW - Psychiatric nursing Mental Disorders nursing Psychiatric Nursing N1 - Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Verna Benner Carson, Nancy Christine Shoemaker. 5th ed. 2006 Includes bibliographical references and index Mental health and mental illness -- Relevant theories and therapies for nursing practice -- Biological basis for understanding psychotropic drugs -- Psychiatric mental health nursing in acute care settings -- Psychiatric mental health nursing in community settings -- Cultural implications for psychiatric mental health nursing -- Legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice -- The nursing process and standards of care for psychiatric mental health nursing -- Therapeutic relationships -- Communication and the clinical interview -- Understanding responses to stress -- Anxiety and anxiety disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Eating disorders -- Cognitive disorders -- Addictive disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders -- Somatoform, factitious, and dissociative disorders -- Crisis and disaster -- Suicide -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Child, older adult, and intimate partner abuse -- Sexual assault -- Disorders of children and adolescents -- Psychosocial needs of the older adult -- Serious mental illness -- Psychological needs of patients with medical conditions -- Care for the dying and for those who grieve -- Forensic psychiatric nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Family interventions -- Integrative care ER -