Preceded by Nursing diagnoses in psychiatric nursing / Mary C. Townsend. 8th ed. c2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-651) and indexes.

Unit one. The foundation for planning psychiatric nursing care. The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Unit two. Alterations in psychosocial adaptation. Disorders commonly associated with infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders -- Trauma- and stressor-related disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual disorders and gender dysphoria -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Unit three. Special topics in psychiatric/mental health nursing. Problems related to abuse or neglect -- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- Homelessness -- Psychiatric home nursing care -- Forensic nursing -- Complementary therapies -- Loss and bereavement -- Military families -- Unit four. Psychotropic medications. Antianxiety agents -- Antidepressants -- Mood-stabilizing agents -- Antipsychotic agents -- Antiparkinsonian agents -- Sedative-hypnotics -- Agents used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Appendices. Comparison of developmental theories -- Ego defense mechanisms -- Levels of anxiety -- Stages of grief -- Relationship development and therapeutic communication -- Psychosocial therapies -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Medication assessment tool -- Cultural assessment tool -- DSM-5 classification -- Mental status assessment -- Assigning nursing diagnoses to client behaviors -- Brief mental status evaluation -- FDA pregnancy categories -- DEA controlled substances schedules -- Abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS) -- Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS) -- Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A) -- NANDA nursing diagnoses: taxonomy II