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,Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................1
Chapter 01:Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice .................2
Chapter 02:Mental Health and Mental Disorders..........................................................6
Chapter 03:Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care.............................10 Chapter
04:Patient Rights and Legal Issues............................................................14
Chapter 05:Mental Health Care in the Community ............................................18
Chapter 06: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks ......................................21
Chapter 07:Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing......................................25
Chapter 08:Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing....................................................29
Chapter 09:Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship.............................33
Chapter 10:The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process..................................................37
Chapter 11:Psychopharmacology,Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions........41
Chapter 12: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing...............................................46
Chapter 13:Group Interventions.....................................................................50
Chapter 14:Family Assessment and Interventions..................................................54
Chapter 15:Mental Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents ........................58
Chapter 16:Mental Health Promotion for Young and Middle-Aged Adults........................61
Chapter 17:Mental Health Promotion for Older Adults ...............................................64
Chapter 18: Stress and Mental Health.........................................................68
Chapter 19:Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence.........................................72
Chapter 20:Crisis,Loss,Grief,Response,Bereavement,and Disaster Management..76
Chapter 21:Suicide Prevention: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention....80
Chapter 22: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Thought
Disorders....................84
Chapter 23:Depression:Management of Depressive Moods and Suicidal Behaviour
..............92
Chapter 24:Bipolar Disorders: Management of Mood Lability.........................96
Chapter 25:Anxiety Disorders: Management of Anxiety, Phobia, and Panic.................99
Chapter 26: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.....................103
Chapter 27: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
............................................................................................105
Chapter 28:Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: Management of Emotional
Dysregulation and Self Harm...............................................106
Chapter 29: Antisocial Personality and Disruptive, Impulse Control,and Conduct Disorders
..........................109
Chapter 30:Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders............................................113
Chapter 31:Eating Disorders:Management of Eating and Weight..................117
Chapter 32: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders ................................121
Chapter 33: Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia and Sleep Problems...................125
Chapter 34:Sexual Disorders:Management of Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
.....................129
Chapter 35:Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents ..................132
Chapter 36:Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.............................135
Chapter 37:Mental Health Assessment of Older Adults ................................139
Chapter 38: Neurocognitive Disorders .................................................................142
, Chapter 39: Caring for Persons Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill .......................146
Chapter 40: Caring for Persons With Co-occurring Mental Disorders.......................150
Chapter 41: Caring for Survivors of Violence and Abuse ..................................154
Chapter 42: Caring for Persons With Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior ............158
Chapter 43:Caring for Medically Compromised Persons ....................................162
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and
EvidenceBased Practice
Answers at the end of each chapter
1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental health
care and are discussing the recommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on
Mental Illness and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when
they identify that the report recommended an increase in which of the following?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals
B) State funding for mental health care
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association's Statement on Psychiatric Nursing
Practice published in 1967, which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatric mental health
nurses in the provision of holistic nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories
and views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies which of the following as most
strongly linked to this holistic approach?
A) Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory
B) Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers' A Mind That Found Itself
E) Peplau's Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that
influenced the development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing
the effects of World War II, which of the following would the instructor include? A) People
began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement.
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
,Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................1
Chapter 01:Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice .................2
Chapter 02:Mental Health and Mental Disorders..........................................................6
Chapter 03:Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care.............................10 Chapter
04:Patient Rights and Legal Issues............................................................14
Chapter 05:Mental Health Care in the Community ............................................18
Chapter 06: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks ......................................21
Chapter 07:Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing......................................25
Chapter 08:Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing....................................................29
Chapter 09:Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship.............................33
Chapter 10:The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process..................................................37
Chapter 11:Psychopharmacology,Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions........41
Chapter 12: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing...............................................46
Chapter 13:Group Interventions.....................................................................50
Chapter 14:Family Assessment and Interventions..................................................54
Chapter 15:Mental Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents ........................58
Chapter 16:Mental Health Promotion for Young and Middle-Aged Adults........................61
Chapter 17:Mental Health Promotion for Older Adults ...............................................64
Chapter 18: Stress and Mental Health.........................................................68
Chapter 19:Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence.........................................72
Chapter 20:Crisis,Loss,Grief,Response,Bereavement,and Disaster Management..76
Chapter 21:Suicide Prevention: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention....80
Chapter 22: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Thought
Disorders....................84
Chapter 23:Depression:Management of Depressive Moods and Suicidal Behaviour
..............92
Chapter 24:Bipolar Disorders: Management of Mood Lability.........................96
Chapter 25:Anxiety Disorders: Management of Anxiety, Phobia, and Panic.................99
Chapter 26: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.....................103
Chapter 27: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
............................................................................................105
Chapter 28:Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: Management of Emotional
Dysregulation and Self Harm...............................................106
Chapter 29: Antisocial Personality and Disruptive, Impulse Control,and Conduct Disorders
..........................109
Chapter 30:Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders............................................113
Chapter 31:Eating Disorders:Management of Eating and Weight..................117
Chapter 32: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders ................................121
Chapter 33: Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia and Sleep Problems...................125
Chapter 34:Sexual Disorders:Management of Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
.....................129
Chapter 35:Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents ..................132
Chapter 36:Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.............................135
Chapter 37:Mental Health Assessment of Older Adults ................................139
Chapter 38: Neurocognitive Disorders .................................................................142
, Chapter 39: Caring for Persons Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill .......................146
Chapter 40: Caring for Persons With Co-occurring Mental Disorders.......................150
Chapter 41: Caring for Survivors of Violence and Abuse ..................................154
Chapter 42: Caring for Persons With Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior ............158
Chapter 43:Caring for Medically Compromised Persons ....................................162
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and
EvidenceBased Practice
Answers at the end of each chapter
1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental health
care and are discussing the recommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on
Mental Illness and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when
they identify that the report recommended an increase in which of the following?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals
B) State funding for mental health care
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association's Statement on Psychiatric Nursing
Practice published in 1967, which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatric mental health
nurses in the provision of holistic nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories
and views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies which of the following as most
strongly linked to this holistic approach?
A) Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory
B) Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers' A Mind That Found Itself
E) Peplau's Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that
influenced the development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing
the effects of World War II, which of the following would the instructor include? A) People
began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement.
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
