Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder

Editor/Author Marshall, Brenda
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Single-User Purchase Price: $35.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $52.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-617774-2
Category: Psychology
Image Count: 19
Book Status: Available
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Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

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Table of Contents

  • About
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, AND WHAT NURSES CAN DO
  • 1. The Continuum of Mental Health
  • 2. Environmental Safety and Ethical Care - Benjamin Evans
  • 3. Therapeutic Communication: Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance - Benjamin Evans
  • Part II PRESENTATION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  • 4. Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • 5. Thought Disorders: Psychosis and the Schizophrenia Spectrum
  • 6. Mood Disorders
  • 7. Anxiety Disorders
  • 8. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders
  • 9. Trauma and Stress: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders
  • 10. Neurocognitive and Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Part III MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: SYMPTOM SHARING
  • 11. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Metabolic Disease
  • 12. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Respiratory Disease
  • 13. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Neurological Disease
  • Part IV ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
  • 14. Addictive Disorders, Substance Use, and Dependence
  • 15. Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
  • 16. Challenges in Treating Substance Use Disorders and Dual Diagnosis
  • Part V PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: CLINICAL SETTING CHALLENGES
  • 17. Treating the Mentally Ill Outside the Psychiatric Unit: A Review