Contents
Chapter 1 Foundation of Psychiatric Nursing 1
Chapter 2 Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing 5
Chapter 3 Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship 10
Chapter 4 Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders 21
Chapter 5 Somatoform Disorders 31
Chapter 6 Mood Disorders and Suicide 38
Chapter 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 50
Chapter 8 Schizophrenic Disorders 57
Chapter 9 Personality Disorders 66
Chapter 10 Substance-related Disorders 76
Chapter 11 Stress-related Disorders 85
Chapter 12 Child Psychiatric Nursing 91
Chapter 13 Psycho-pharmacology 102
Chapter 14 Somatic Therapies 121
Chapter 15 Psychotherapy 126
New Words 133
Answers for Chapter Review Questions 142
Reference 146