Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1. Current theories and practice. Foundations psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Neurobiologic theories and psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial theories and therapy -- Treatment settings and therapeutic programs -- Unit 2. Building the nurse-client relationship. Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communications -- Client's response to illness -- Assessment -- Unit 3. Current social and emotional concerns. Legal and ethical issues -- Anger, hostility, and aggression -- Abuse and violence -- Grief and loss -- Unit 4. Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders. Anxiety and stress-related illness -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders -- Answers to chapter study guides -- Appendix A: DSM-IV-TR Classification -- Appendix B: NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses -- Appendix C: Drug classification under the Controlled Substances Act -- Appendix D: Canadian standards of psychiatric and mental health nursing practices -- Appendix E: Canadian drug trade names -- Appendix F: Mexican drug trade names -- Appendix G: Sleep disorders -- Appendix H: Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Glossary of key terms.