Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Essential theoretical concepts for practice: Practicing the science and the art of psychiatric nursing -- Mental health and mental illness -- Theories and therapies -- Biological basis for understanding psychopharmacology -- Settings for psychiatric care -- Legal and ethical basis for practice -- Tools for practice of the art: Nursing process and QSEN: the foundation for safe and effective care -- Communication skills: medium for all nursing practice -- Therapeutic relationships and the clinical interview -- Caring for patients with psychobiological disorders: Stress and stress-related disorders -- Anxiety, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders -- Somatic symptom disorders and related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Eating disorders -- Mood disorders: depression -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Crisis and mass disaster -- Child, partner, and elder violence -- Sexual violence -- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Care for the dying and those who grieve -- Age-related mental health disorders: Children and adolescents -- Adults -- Older adults --