Full Description
Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.
Delivered in a convenient pocket-sized format, the guide delivers comprehensive information in easy-to-access short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, along with "Fast Facts in the Spotlight" boxes featuring key information. Unique "Spotlight on the Unit" case studies illustrate common scenarios that nurses might encounter on the nursing floor. The book covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and addresses the symptom alliance between various medical diagnoses and mental illness, and substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. Also included are strategies for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients who have psychiatric disorders and issues posing challenges for nurses in specific clinical settings. Additionally, the book explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding provision of care to patients with mental illness.
Key Features:
Delivers quick-access information about caring for patients with comorbid diagnoses—the first book to do so
Written for nonpsychiatric nurses in a variety of clinical settings
Presents key information in short chapters, bulleted content, lists, tables, and figures plus "Fast Facts" boxes
Covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and destigmatizes patients with mental illness
Provides strategies for fostering successful nursing interventions
Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, AND WHAT NURSES CAN DO
1. The Continuum of Mental Health
2. Environmental Safety and Ethical Care
Benjamin Evans
3. Therapeutic Communication: Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance
Benjamin Evans
Part II PRESENTATION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
4. Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
5. Thought Disorders: Psychosis and the Schizophrenia Spectrum
6. Mood Disorders
7. Anxiety Disorders
8. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders
9. Trauma and Stress: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders
10. Neurocognitive and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Part III MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: SYMPTOM SHARING
11. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Metabolic Disease
12. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Respiratory Disease
13. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Neurological Disease
Part IV ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
14. Addictive Disorders, Substance Use, and Dependence
15. Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
16. Challenges in Treating Substance Use Disorders and Dual Diagnosis
Part V PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: CLINICAL SETTING CHALLENGES
17. Treating the Mentally Ill Outside the Psychiatric Unit: A Review
Index
