Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1: Test Taking Strategies and Techniques 1
- Strategy #1: Know Yourself 1
- Strategy #2: Develop Your Thinking Skills 1
- Strategy #3: Know the Content 3
- Strategy #4: Become Test-Wise 6
- Strategy #5: Apply Basic Rules of Test Taking 7
- Strategy #6: Psych Yourself Up: Taking a Test is Stressful 8
- Summary 9
- Bibliography 9
Chapter 2: Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing Care 11
- Mental Health 11
- Change 11
- The Nursing Process 12
- Nurse-Client Relationship 12
- Communication 13
- Cultural & Ethnic Factors 15
- Interdisciplinary Treatment & the Healthcare Team 16
- Client Advocacy 17
- Case Management 17
- Psychiatric Liaison Nursing 18
- Milieu 18
- Principles of Prescriptive Authority 19
- Mental Health Education 21
- Family Therapy 21
- Group Dynamics & Group Process Theory 22
- Ethical Considerations 23
- Questions 25
- Answers 32
- Bibliography 33
Chapter 3: Major Theoretical Frameworks for Psychiatric Nursing 35
- Theory 35
- Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) 35
- Research 36
- Nursing Theoretical Models 37
- Nursing Theories 37
- Personality Theories 39
- Theories of Growth and Development 42
- Social/Interpersonal Theories 43
- Existential/Humanistic Theories 43
- Behavioral Theories 45
- Cognitive Theories 45
- Theories of Communication 46
- Theories of Group Behavior and Family Theories 47
- Neurobiological Theories 49
- Miscellaneous Theories 51
- Questions 52
- Answers 60
- Bibliography 61
Chapter 4: Substance-Related Mental Disorders 63
- Substance-Related Disorders 63
- Questions 76
- Answers 80
- Bibliography 80
Chapter 5: Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders 83
- Anxiety Disorders 83
- Somatoform Disorders 95
- Factitious Disorders 98
- Dissociative Disorders 99
- Adjustment Disorder 104
- Questions 105
- Answers 111
- Bibliography 111
Chapter 6: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 115
- Overview of Disorders 115
- Information Common to Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 118
- Questions 129
- Answers 134
- Bibliography 134
Chapter 7: Mood Disorders 137
- Mood Disorders Overview 137
- Depressive Disorders 139
- Bipolar Disorders 140
- Mood Disorder Due to… (Indicate General Medical Condition) 141
- Substance-Induced Mood Disorder 141
- Suicide 141
- Etiology of Mood Disorders 142
- Diagnostic Studies/Tests 143
- Screening Instruments 143
- Interventions 144
- Questions 156
- Answers 164
- Bibliography 164
Chapter 8: Behavioral Syndromes and Disorders of Adult Personality 165
- Eating Disorders 165
- Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders 168
- Sexual Dysfunctions 170
- Sleep Disorders 171
- Impulse Control Disorders 173
- Personality Disorders-Coded on Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Classification System 174
- Questions 179
- Answers 184
- Bibliography 184
Chapter 9: Cognitive Mental Disorders and Geropsychiatric Nursing 187
- Cognitive Disorders 187
- Geropsychiatric Nursing 196
- Questions 197
- Answers 202
- Bibliography 202
Chapter 10: Behavioral and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 205
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 205
- Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Children & Adolescents 208
- Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence 227
- Treatment Modalities for Mental Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence 231
- Questions 240
- Answers 249
- Bibliography 249
Chapter 11: The Larger Mental Health Environment 253
- Mental Healthcare Delivery System 253
- Managed Care—An Internal Force of Change within the Mental Health Delivery System 257
- Reimbursement for Mental Health Services 257
- Types of Healthcare Insurance Plans 257
- External Forces Interacting with the Mental Health System 258
- Leadership and Management 261
- Questions 270
- Answers 276
- Bibliography 276
Index 279