Elaborated Test Bank
for
Varcarolis's Canadian Psychiatric
Mental Health Nursing
3rdEdition
Cheryl L. Pollard
Sonya L. Jakubec
2026
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1 Foundations in Theory
Chapter:1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter:2 Historical Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter:3 Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care Within Various Settings
Chapter:4 Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing
Chapter:5 Understanding Responses to Stress
UNIT 2 Foundations in Practice
Chapter:6 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter:7 Ethical Responsibilities and Legal Obligations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Practice
Chapter:8 Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Critical Cultural
Perspective
UNIT 3 Biopsychosocial Interventions
Chapter:9 Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter:10 Communication and the Clinical Interview
Chapter:11 Psychotropic Drugs
UNIT 4 Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter:12 Anxiety and Related Disorders
Chapter:13 Depressive Disorders
Chapter:14 Bipolar Disorders
Chapter:15 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter:16 Eating and Feeding Disorders
Chapter:17 Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter:18 Psychoactive Substance Use and Treatment
Chapter:19 Personality Disorders
Chapter:20 Sleep–Wake Disorders
, Unit 5 Trauma Interventions
Chapter:21 Crisis and Disaster
Chapter:22 Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury
Chapter:23 Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter:24 Interpersonal Violence: Child, Older Persons, and Intimate Partner Abuse
Chapter:25 Sexual Assault
UNIT 6 Interventions for Distinct Populations
Chapter:26 Sexuality and Gender
Chapter:27 Disorders of Children and Adolescents
Chapter:28 Psychosocial Needs of the Older Person
Chapter:29 Recovery, Survivorship, and Public Mental Health Approaches
Chapter:30 Psychological Needs of Patients With Medical Conditions
Chapter:31 Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve
Chapter:32 Forensic Psychiatric Nursing
UNIT 7 Advanced Intervention Modalities
Chapter:33 Therapeutic Groups
Chapter:34 Family Interventions
Chapter:35 Integrative and Complementary Therapies
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