Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit One: Principles of Psychiatric Nursing Care 1. Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring 2. Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship 3. The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care 4. Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice 5. Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 6. Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 7. Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 8. Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 9. Policy and Advocacy in Mental Health Care 10. Families as Resources, Caregivers, and Collaborators 11. Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance Unit Two: Continuum of Care 12. Prevention and Mental Health Promotion 13. Crisis and Disaster Intervention 14. Recovery Support Unit Three: Applying Principles in Nursing Practice 15. Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders 16. Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders 17. Self-Concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders 18. Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders 19. Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior 20. Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders 21. Social Responses and Personality Disorders 22. Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders 23. Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders 24. Eating Regulation Responses and Eating Disorders 25. Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders Unit Four: Treatment Modalities 26. Psychopharmacology 27. Behavior Change and Cognitive Interventions 28. Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior 29. Somatic Therapies 30. Complementary and Alternative Therapies 31. Therapeutic Groups 32. Family Interventions Unit Five: Treatment Settings 33. Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care 34. Community-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care Unit Six: Special Populations in Psychiatry 35. Child Psychiatric Nursing 36. Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 37. Geropsychiatric Nursing 38. Care of Survivors of Abuse and Violence 39. NEW! The Military and Their Families 40. Psychological Care of Patients with a Life-Threatening Illness Appendixes A: NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses B: Diagnostic Criteria for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) Glossary Index

Presents guidelines for the practice of psychiatric nursing, with the advanced clinical research and appropriate diagnoses, coverage of primary care, and revised psychiatric drug information.