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Townsend, Mary C., 1941-

Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing / Psychiatric mental health nursing - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2005. - xx, 697 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mental health and mental illness -- Concepts of personality development -- Biological implications -- Ethical and legal issues -- Relationship development and therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Milieu : the therapeutic environment -- Intervention in groups -- Intervening in crises -- Psychopharmacology -- Complementary and psychosocial therapies -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Anxiety-related disorders -- Disorders of human sexuality -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Children and adolescents -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- The aging individual -- Community mental health nursing -- The bereaved individual.


Minimum system requirements: CPU: Pentium III or higher; 64 MB RAM; 128 MB RAM preferred; 800 x 600 monitor with thousands of colors; OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP; 8x DS-ROM drive; 20 MB hard disk space.

ISBN: 0803612672 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004006560

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychiatric nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing--methods.
Mental Disorders--nursing.

LC Class. No.: RC440 / .T689 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89/0231

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 160 / T749e 2005