Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Roles and functions of psychiatric nurses : competent caring / Gail W. Stuart -- 2. Therapeutic nurse-patient relationship / Gail W. Stuart -- 3. Conceptual models of psychiatric treatment / Gail W. Stuart -- 4. The stuart stress adaptation model of psychiatric nursing care / Gail W. Stuart -- 5. Evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice / Gail W. Stuart -- 6. Biological context of psychiatric nursing care / Michele T. Laraia -- 7. Psychological context of psychiatric nursing care / Gail W. Stuart -- 8. Social, cultural, and spiritual context of psychiatric nursing care / Linda D. Oakley -- 9. Environmental context of psychiatric nursing care / Gail W. Stuart -- 10. Legal and ethical context of psychiatric nursing care / Gail W. Stuart -- 11. Families as resources, caregivers, and collaborators / Victoria Conn and Gail W. Stuart -- 12. Implementing the nursing process : standards of care and professional performance / Gail W. Stuart -- 13. Mental health promotion and illness prevention / Gail W. Stuart -- 14. Crisis intervention / Sandra E. Benter -- 15. Psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery / Sandra J. Sundeen -- 16. Anxiety responses and anxiety disorders / Gail W. Stuart -- 17. Psychophysiological responses and somatoform and sleep disorders / Gail W. Stuart -- 18. Self-concept responses and dissociative disorders / Gail W. Stuart -- 19. Emotional responses and mood disorders / Gail W. Stuart -- 20. Self-protective responses and suicidal behavior / Gail W. Stuart -- 21. Neurobiological responses and schizophrenia and psychotic disorders / Mary D. Moller -- 22. Social responses and personality disorders / Gail W. Stuart and Carol K. Perlin -- 23. Cognitive responses and organic mental disorders / Michele T. Laraia -- 24. Chemically mediated responses and substance-related disorders / Michele T. Laraia and Linda V. Jefferson -- 25. Eating regulation responses and eating disorders / Carolyn E. Cochrane -- 26. Sexual responses and sexual disorders / Susan G. Poorman -- 27. Psychopharmacology / Michele T. Laraia -- 28. Somatic therapies / Carol M. Burns -- 29. Complementary and alternative therapies / Therese K. Killeen -- 30. Preventing and managing aggressive behavior / Christine Diane Hamolia -- 31. Cognitive behavioral treatment strategies / Gail W. Stuart -- 32. Therapeutic groups / Paula M. LaSalle and Arthur J. LaSalle -- 33. Family interventions / Janet A. Grossman -- 34. Hospital-based psychiatric nursing care / Elizabeth G. Maree -- 35. Community-based psychiatric nursing care / Gail W. Stuart -- 36. Child psychiatric nursing / Sally Raphel and Carole F. Bennett -- 37. Adolescent psychiatric nursing / Audrey Redston-Iselin -- 38. Geropsychiatric nursing / Georgia L. Stevens -- 39. Care of survivors of abuse and violence / Nancy Fishwick, Barbara Parker and Jacquelyn C. Campbell -- 40. Psychological care of patients with life-threatening illness / Penelope Chase -- App. A. NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses -- App. B. Diagnostic criteria for mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR) -- App. C. Behavioral rating scales.