Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
5th edition - June 30, 2010
Paperback: 530 pages
ISBN-10: 160547861X
ISBN-13: 978-1605478616 

This fully updated Fifth Edition explores the full psychiatric nursing curriculum, from theoretical foundations to application of interventions for commonly encountered disorders. The focus is on treatment modalities, nursing care, therapeutic communication, and self-awareness. The built-in study guide helps reinforce student learning and knowledge retention. Abundant features highlight the most pertinent learning concepts. 

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Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company 
5th edition - September 30, 2010 
Paperback: 800 pages 
ISBN-10: 0803623380 
ISBN-13: 978-0803623385 

Whether it s an entire course on psychiatric nursing or integrating these principles into an existing course, this is the text that s concise, engaging, and informative. It offers an evidence-based, holistic approach to mental health nursing in a streamlined format that explores nursing diagnoses for both physiological and psychological disorders. It s the psychiatric nursing text that students actually read, understand, and use. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 5th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge in the field and the practice of mental health nursing today, including the new, core competences outlined in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative. 

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Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing: Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company 
8th edition - October 27, 2010 
Paperback: 736 pages 
ISBN-10: 0803625065 
ISBN-13: 978-0803625068 

Here's the 20th Anniversary Edition of the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients.It's really 2 books in 1! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings.from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic.to home health and private practice.Completely revised and updated throughout, the 8th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including an expanded section on psychotropic medications that encompasses all of today's new drugs and the 2009-2011 content in the NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II. 

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Workers: A Beginner's Guide

Publisher: Routledge 
1st edition - May 15, 2008 
Paperback: 264 pages 
ISBN-10: 1583918701 
ISBN-13: 978-1583918708 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an effective and frequently used psychological treatment. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Workers offers the reader a good overview of CBT, allowing them to develop an understanding of the patient’s problems, utilise the approach effectively, prepare for supervision, and integrate CBT skills into everyday practice.

This clear, comprehensive introduction written by experienced clinicians, describes how to use CBT within the busy clinical environment. Subjects covered include:

1. The therapeutic relationship in CBT
2. Treating anxiety disorders and depression 

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Perinatal Mental Health A guide for Health Professionals and Users

Publisher: Wiley
1st edition - September 1, 2009
Paperback: 252 pages
ISBN-10: 0470510684
ISBN-13: 978-0470510681 

Perinatal Mental Health is an invaluable reference for nurses, midwives and other health professionals working with this client group, covering current thinking on the causes of mothers’ mood disorders and the consequences for her infant, the family, society and most importantly the mother herself.
This book covers the recognition, treatment, care and management of perinatal mental health disorders with chapters on the antenatal period; postnatal depression and bipolar disorder; psychosis, personality disorders, eating disorders, sexual issues, self harm and suicide; possible causes of postnatal depression; the multidisciplinary team; and global cultural practices. 

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Older People and Mental Health Nursing A Handbook of Care

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
1st edition - 24 Sep 2007
Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1405151692
ISBN-13: 978-1405151696 

Older People and Mental Health Nursing provides an evidence-based guide to caring for the growing number of older people with mental health issues. It focuses on the knowledge and key skills which practitioners require to work effectively with older people who have, or are at risk of developing, mental health needs. Divided into five sections, Older People and Mental Health Nursing first explores the background, historical perspectives and influences on mental health care in later life. It then looks at the ethical and legal issues involved, therapeutic relationships, and the values underpinning support and care. Part three focuses on aspects which have traditionally been neglected in mental health care, including culture, religion and sexuality. Part four details specific mental health issues for older people, including delirium, depression, and dementia. The final section explores future trends in older people's mental health and offers ideas on how nursing is developing, and could develop, to address these. 

1. Offers a practical evidence-based guide to the care of older people with mental health conditions
2. Includes thought provoking practice examples throughout
3. Contains guidelines for nursing practice & therapeutic interventions
4. Includes case studies and reflective scenarios
5. Written by experts in the field 

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Clinical Consult for Psychiatric Mental Health Care

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - October 25, 2010
Paperback: 432 pages
ISBN-10: 0826105017
ISBN-13: 978-0826105011 

This quick reference serves as an authoritative clinical guide to diagnostic treatment and monitoring recommendations for patients with mental disorders in the primary care setting. It offers fast and efficient access to evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for managing psychiatric and mental health conditions. The book guides family and adult advanced practice nurses in making clinical decisions that are supported by the best available evidence, reflecting current research and expert consensus. Additionally, researchers may use this book to identify important clinical questions where more research could be conducted to improve treatment decision making. 

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Physical Health and Well-Being in Mental Health Nursing Clinical Skills for Practice

Publisher: Open University Press
1 Jan 2010
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0335233996
ISBN-13: 978-0335233991 

This groundbreaking book provides mental health nurses with the core knowledge of the physical health issues that they need for their work, and places these in a context that can be easily integrated into clinical practice. Michael Nash considers the risk factors and assessment priorities amongst different mental health client groups and provides clinical insights into how best to work with service users to ensure their health is assessed and improved. 

Readers are encouraged to critically examine the notion that poor health in clients is solely related to lifestyle factors and how best they can contribute to better health outcomes for their clients. 

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Introducing Psychology for Nurses and Health Care Professionals

Publisher: Pearson Education
1st edition - 8 Dec 2009
Paperback: 274 pages
ISBN-10: 0273721445
ISBN-13: 978-0273721444 

Introducing Psychology for Nurses and Healthcare Professionalsis a refreshingly engaging, and accessible introduction to psychology written specifically to support nurses and other medical and health care professionals, such as Midwives and Care Assistants, in both their studies and in practice. Assumingno previous knowledge, the text emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological thought and action of patients in order for nursing and healthcare professionals to provide appropriate and satisfactory patient care in practice. 

The seven chapters cover psychology topics relevant to nursing and health care including the various psychological approaches and how they can be applied, psychology across the lifespan, the psychology of communication, cognitive psychology, the basis of psychological thought and action, and the psychology of stress and pain. In addition to being an ideal introductory text for all pre-registration nursing courses, this book is also suitable for those in practice requiring a refresher or reference text. 

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Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
2nd edition - August 27, 2010
Paperback: 552 pages
ISBN-10: 076377359X
ISBN-13: 978-0763773595 

Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing addresses the knowledge and skills necessary in the assessment and nursing care of older adults who are experiencing common mental health and psychiatric problems of late life. This text features experts in gerontological nursing and geropsychiatric fields and provides essential information for advanced practice and professional nurses, as well as graduate and undergraduate nursing students. The Second Edition has been completely revised and updated to include crucial areas such as assessment, diagnosis, psychopharmacology, and behavioral management strategies in nursing care of older adults. Case studies are now included in each chapter along with discussion questions. Additionally, the work of the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative is presented in its entirety. The focus of the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC) is to improve the education of nurses for the care of elders suffering from depression, dementia and other mental health disorders. The collaborative effort will enhance extant competencies for all levels of nursing education, focusing on older adults with mental health/illness concerns. The competency statements developed for basic, graduate, post-graduate, and continuing education nursing programs are shared in the Appendix. 

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Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems (Wiley Series in Nursing)

Publisher: Wiley
1st edition - January 30, 2007
Paperback: 238 pages
ISBN-10: 0470026294
ISBN-13: 978-0470026298 

Mental health care provision can be complex and the approach the carer uses can have a detrimental effect on the health of the person being cared for. Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems provides the reader with many examples of thoughts, ideas and perspectives in a user-friendly, easily accessible format. The chapters are divided into discrete sections reflecting contemporary care approaches. 

Reference to care in a range of primary and secondary care settings is made throughout the book. Each chapter provides the reader with a clear and concise approach to health care, encouraging the reader to understand and delve deeper. Written by contributors who are experienced clinicians and academics with many years of clinical and academic experience in various health care settings, this text is based upon the principles of care, a foundation text that encourages the student to grow and develop. 

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Mental Health Law A Practical Guide

Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication
1st edition - March 31, 2005
Paperback: 262 pages
ISBN-10: 0340885033
ISBN-13: 978-0340885031 

This multidisciplinary team of authors has produced a clear, clinically relevant guide to all aspects of mental health law implementation. This is an introductory book, appropriate for students and trainees embarking on mental health nursing, psychiatry, clinical psychology or mental health social work, but with sufficient detail to carry readers through to the complex issues that will continue to face them during their years of practice. Providing a highly readable account of the subject, it also serves as a well-referenced handbook. To ensure that this is an authoritative guide throughout, specialist authors have joined the team to contribute chapters on Children and Learning Disabilities, and the whole manuscript has been reviewed by solicitors specializing in mental health law and in criminal law. 

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The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing

Publisher: Open University Press
2 edition - 1 April 2009
Paperback: 744 pages
ISBN-10: 0335222935
ISBN-13: 978-0335222933 

This second edition has been extensively revised to incorporate changes to the UK policy context of mental health nursing, the legal framework of mental health care and the 2006 Chief Nursing Officer’s Review of Mental Health Nursing, From Values to Action. Throughout the text, readers are encouraged to draw upon the evidence base to inform the delivery of high quality mental health care. 

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Nursing Children and Young People with ADHD

Publisher: Routledge
1st edition - 16 Dec 2008
Paperback: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 0415454115
ISBN-13: 978-0415454117 

ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed behavioural disorders in children and young people. It is a complex and contested condition, with potential causes and treatments in biological, psychological and social domains. This is the first comprehensive text for nurses and other health professionals in this field. 

Nursing Children and Young People with ADHD explores the evidence, incorporating and expanding on the new NICE guidelines for practice in this area, to provide an essential knowledge base for practice. The text covers: causes, diagnosis, co-morbidity, user and carer perspectives, assessment, treatment and interventions (including those suitable for use in schools), prescribing and the legal background. 

An invaluable text for pre-registration student nurses on mental health and children branches, this will also be a useful reference work for post-registration nurses and health professionals seeking evidence-based recommendations for practice. 

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Dual Diagnosis Nursing

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
1st edition - 30 Oct 2006
Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1405119020
ISBN-13: 978-1405119023 

The increasing number of individuals with co–existing substance misuse and psychiatric disorders presents a key challenge to mental health and addiction nurses. This practice–based text focuses on the management and intervention strategies to effectively meet the needs of this client group in both community and residential settings. 

Dual Diagnosis Nursing is a comprehensive text for practitioners on contemporary approaches to working with dual disorder and dual diagnosis patients. It explores both clinical and theoretical perspectives in a variety of different care and treatment settings, addressing key issues such as needs of special populations, multi–dimensional assessment, dealing with emergencies, prescribing and medication management, nursing and psychological interventions, spiritual needs, carers? interventions and professional development. 

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Manual of Inpatient Psychiatry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
1st edition - September 13, 2010
Paperback: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 0521141540
ISBN-13: 978-0521141543 

Inpatient units treat some of the most difficult psychiatric patients. This compact clinical manual is convenient for use on the ward and serves as a standard guide for treatment, addressing the common questions and issues that clinicians face in day-to-day psychiatric work with this challenging patient group. Chapters are organised around the diagnoses found on inpatient psychiatric units, with additional chapters addressing documentation and the care of young adult inpatients. Charts, tables and clinical hints amplify the text, allowing practising clinicians to find the information they need quickly and easily, and enabling students to master the field for board and end-of-clerkship exams. This practical manual is essential reading for practising psychiatrists, psychiatric residents and all psychiatric educators, as well as serving as an accessible reference for physicians in other specialties who consult on the psychiatric ward, psychiatric nurses and medical students. 

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The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing

Publisher: Routledge
2nd edition - 13 Dec 2010
Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0415570980
ISBN-13: 978-0415570985 

Written by an experienced nurse lecturer who also trained as a mental health nurse, this book explores the underlying biology associated with the pathology of mental health disorders and the related nervous system. Fully revised for this second edition, the text includes three new chapters on brain development,pharmacology and learning, behavioural and developmental disorders. 

Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic knowledge with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing covers topics including: 

1. The physiology of neurotransmission and receptors 
2. Hormones and mental health 
3. The biology of emotions, stress, anxiety and phobic states 
4. The biology of substance abuse 
5. The pharmacology of psychoactive drugs 
6. Developmental disorders 
7. Brain anatomy and development 
8. The biology of behavior 
9. Genetics and mental health 
10. Affective disorders: depression, mania and suicide 
11. Schizophrenia 
12. Autism and other syndromes 
13. The ageing brain and dementia 
14. Degenerative diseases of the brain 
15. Epilepsy. 

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Examination Notes in Psychiatry

Publisher: Hodder Arnold
4th edition - 24 Dec 2004
Paperback: 358 pages
ISBN-10: 0340810033
ISBN-13: 978-0340810033 

Over the last 20 years, Examination Notes in Psychiatry has become one of the leading texts for trainee psychiatrists. The 4th edition maintains the core of valuable information that is required by any would-be psychiatrist, but has been completely revised and updated. Assessment and diagnosis form the foundation to each section, but are now enhanced by the inclusion of treatment algorithms and evidence based medicine. Changes to the nomenclature have been made to reflect current practice. 

The sheer volume of essential information, provided in a structured, focused format, makes Examination Notes in Psychiatry 4e essential reading for trainees, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals alike. 

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Partnerships in Community Mental Health Nursing & Dementia Care Practice Perspectives

Publisher: Open University Press
1st edition - 1 Aug 2007
Paperback: 312 pages
ISBN-10: 9780335215812
ISBN-13: 978-0335215812 

The book enhances the link between theory and practice, providing a rounded and evidence-based account of the complexity, breadth and diversity of community mental health nursing practice in dementia care. 

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Nursing Practice

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - December 6, 2004
Hardcover: 440 pages
ISBN-10: 0826127061
ISBN-13: 978-0826127068 

This is a manual on integrating cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) into advanced practice psychiatric nursing. The distinguished contributors provide an overview of CBT and how it fits into nursing practice and theory. The book incorporates chapters on psychiatric conditions most commonly treated with CBT, including depression and anxiety, as well as chronic pain and substance abuse. The special needs of families, couples, the elderly, and groups are also addressed. Contributors include Sister Callista Roy and Bruce Zahn. This is a valuable text for students as well as a reference and resource book for clinicians.

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