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NEW EDITION!
Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
Michelle Morrison-Valfre, RN, BSN, MHS, FNP
October 2008 | Approx. 496 pp., illustd.
ISBN: 978-0-323-05644-1

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Known for its solid content on the foundations of mental health care, emphasis on therapeutic care, and detailed coverage of psychological and psychosocial problems, this bestselling text prepares students to work successfully with clients who exhibit a wide range of both effective and maladaptive behaviors. It offers useful and easy-to-apply information, including current therapeutic interventions and treatments, for a wide variety of practice settings.
   
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit 1: Mental Health: Past and Present

  1. The History of Mental Health Care
  2. Current Mental Health Care Systems
  3. Ethical and Legal Issues
  4. Sociocultural Issues
  5. Theories and Therapies
  6. Complementary and Alternative Therapies ­­–– NEW!
  7. Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy

Unit 2: The Caregiver's Therapeutic Skills

  1. Skills and Principles of Mental Health Care
  2. Mental Health Assessment Skills
  3. Therapeutic Communication
  4. The Therapeutic Relationship
  5. The Therapeutic Environment

Unit 3: Mental Health Problems Throughout the Life Cycle

  1. Problems of Childhood
  2. Problems of Adolescence
  3. Problems of Adulthood
  4. Problems of Late Adulthood
  5. Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia

Unit 4: Patients with Psychological Problems

  1. Managing Anxiety
  2. Illness and Hospitalization
  3. Loss and Grief
  4. Depression and Other Mood Disorders
  5. Physical Problems, Psychological Sources
  6. Eating and Sleeping Disorders
  7. Dissociative Disorders

Unit 5: Patients with Psychosocial Problems

  1. Anger and Aggression
  2. Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence
  3. Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide
  4. Substance-Related Disorders
  5. Sexual Disorders
  6. Personality Disorders
  7. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
  8. Chronic Mental Health Disorders
  9. Challenges for the Future

Appendix A: Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice
Appendix B: DSM-IV-TR Classification
Appendix C: Mental Status Assessment at a Glance
Appendix D: A Simple Method to Determine Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination Procedure

Contents may vary upon publication.


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