Introductory Mental Health Nursing

This text provides an simple-to-know introduction to mental health nursing and promotes critical thought and matter-of-fact application of concepts. The first two units acquaint students with use of the nursing administer in psychiatric settings and bestow theoretical concepts of anxiety and crisis, grief and loss, personality development, and therapeutic communication. Later units discuss specific mental disorders using a nursing administer format, address unique problems of children, adolescents, and older adults, and describe various treatment modalities.

Case studies and critical thought questions are included throughout. A database following each chapter presents questions to promote thought, reasoning, and application of content.