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Rely on the distinctive voice and dedicated vision of Mary C. Townsend to provide the most clearly written, comprehensive text for psychiatric mental health nursing. Follow an evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice that focuses on both biological and behavioral components.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the 7th Edition adds a new emphasis on therapeutic communication and offers up-to-date coverage of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiatives.

Plus, a BONUS CD-ROM provides additional practice with an electronic workbook and NCLEX-style questions, including alternate-item format questions.

• An evidence-based, holistic approach that focuses on both the biological and behavioral components of mental illness.
• In-depth explanations of nursing interventions.
• Patient Outcomes presented as measurable short- and long-term goals.
• Coverage of electronic documentation.
• Information on psychotropic drugs.
• Spiritual assessment tool.

1. Basic Concepts in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
   1. The Concept of Stress Adaptation
   2. Mental Health/Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts
2. Foundations for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
   3. Theoretical Models of Personality Development
   4. Concepts of Psychobiology
   5. Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
   6. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
3. Therapeutic Approaches in Psychiatric Nursing Care
   7. Relationship Development
   8. Therapeutic Communication
   9. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
   10. Therapeutic Groups
   11. Intervention With Families
   12. Milieu Therapy—The Therapeutic Community
   13. Crisis Intervention
   14. Relaxation Therapy
   15. Assertiveness Training
   16. Promoting Self-Esteem
   17. Anger/Aggression Management
   18. Intervention With the Suicidal Client
   19. Behavior Therapy
   20. Cognitive Therapy
   21. Electroconvulsive Therapy
   22. Complementary Therapies
4. Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Psychosocial Adaptation
   23. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
   24. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders
   25. Substance-Related Disorders
   26. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
   27. Mood Disorders:  Depression
   28. Mood Disorders:  Bipolar Disorders
   29. Anxiety Disorders
   30. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
   31. Issues Related to Human Sexuality (including new content on Gender Identity)
   32. Eating Disorders
   33. Adjustment and Impulse Control Disorders
   34. Personality Disorders


5. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing of Special Populations
   35. The Aging Individual
   36. Victims of Abuse or Neglect
   37. Community Mental Health Nursing
   38. Forensic Nursing
   39. The Bereaved Individual

1. Answers to Chapter Review Questions
2. Mental Status Assessment
3. DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes
4. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses:  Taxonomy II
5. Assigning Nursing Diagnosis to Client Behaviors
6. Glossary
7. Sample Client Teaching Guides

• NEW! Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) activities.
• NEW! Icon highlighting communication interventions in the care plans.
• NEW! Homework Assignments at the beginning of each chapter.
• NEW! List of movies at the end of most diagnostic chapters that visually reinforce what is discussed in the textbook.
• Pharmacology content integrated throughout the diseases and disorders chapters.
• General psychopharmacology information now in the psychobiology chapter.
• Specific medications included in the chapters to which they apply.
• Clinical Pearls identifying important clinical information throughout.
• The latest terminology, interventions, and techniques for nursing care plans.
• NCLEX style chapter end questions.
• Nursing diagnoses from NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification, 2009-2011.
• Psychotropic drugs approved since the publication of the 6th Edition.
• Chapter on Mood Disorders now divided into 2 chapters—Depression and Bipolar Disorders.
• Chapter on Adjustment and Impulse Control Disorders.
• Assessment scales including…
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
  • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
  • Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale