Psychiatric nursing : biological & behavioral concepts. /
[edited by] Deborah Antai-Otong.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : W. B. Saunders, 1995.
- xxv, 794, p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: History of psychiatric mental nursing -- Concepts of psychiatric care:therapeutic models -- Cultural considerations -- Foundations of psychiatric nursing -- Legal and ethical issues -- Therapeutic communication -- Stress, coping and adaptation -- Crisis intervention and management -- The client with a mood disorder (Depression)-- The client experiencing anxiety -- The client with stress-related illness -- The client with altered sensory perception -- clients with delirium, dementia, amnestic disorders and other cognitive disorders -- The client with a personality disorder -- The client with a dissociative disorder --