Description
Build a solid foundation in psychiatric-mental health nursing with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 10th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of disorders, DSM-5-TR™ criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. A market leader in RN psychiatric nursing, this text includes new Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam content to prepare you for success on your licensure exam.
Table of Contents
UNIT I Foundations in Theory1 Mental Health and Mental IllnessMental Health and Mental IllnessMental HealthMental IllnessMental Health ContinuumDeterminants of Mental HealthPerceptions of Mental Health and Mental IllnessNature Versus NurtureNational Influences on Mental Health CareConsumer Movement and Mental Health RecoveryDecade of the BrainSurgeon General's Report on Mental HealthHuman Genome ProjectPresident's New Freedom Commission on Mental HealthInstitute of MedicineBrain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies InitiativeResearch Domain Criteria InitiativeNational Suicide and Crisis LifelineAddressing a National Mental Health CrisisLegislation and Mental Health FundingMental Health ParityPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActEpidemiology of Mental DisordersComorbidityIncidence and PrevalenceClinical EpidemiologyClassification of Mental DisordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersInternational Classification of DiseasesPsychiatric–Mental Health NursingClassification of Nursing DiagnosesPsychiatric–Mental Health Nurse EducationTrends Impacting Psychiatric–Mental Health NursingKey Points to RememberClinical JudgmentChapter Review2 Theories and TherapiesPsychoanalytic Theories and TherapiesPsychoanalytic TheoryPsychoanalytic TherapyPsychodynamic TherapyImplications of Freudian Theory for Nursing PracticeInterpersonal Theories and TherapiesInterpersonal TheoryInterpersonal TherapyImplications of Interpersonal Theory to NursingBehavioral Theories and TherapiesClassical Conditioning TheoryBehavioral TheoryOperant Conditioning TheoryBehavior TherapyImplications of Behavior Theory to NursingCognitive Theories and TherapiesRational-Emotive TherapyCognitive Behavioral TherapyTrauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral TherapyDialectical Behavioral TherapyImplications of Cognitive Theory for NursingHumanistic TheoriesTheory of Human MotivationImplications of Motivation Theory for NursingBiological Theories and TherapiesBiological ModelBiological TherapiesImplications of the Biological Model for NursingDevelopmental TheoriesCognitive DevelopmentTheory of Psychosocial DevelopmentTheory of Object RelationsTheories of Moral DevelopmentEthics of Care TheoryConclusionKey Points to RememberClinical JudgmentChapter Review3 Psychobiology and PsychopharmacologyFunctions of the BrainMaintenance of HomeostasisRegulation of the Autonomic Nervous System and HormonesControl of Biological Drives and BehaviorConscious Mental ActivityCellular Composition of the BrainNeuronsNeurotransmittersNeurotransmitter InactivationOrganization of the BrainBrainstemHypothalamusCerebellumCerebrumVisualizing the BrainStructural Imaging TechniquesFunctional Imaging TechniquesDisturbances of Mental FunctionGeneticsNeurotransmittersPharmacotherapyAction of Psychotropic MedicationsAntianxiety AgentsSleep-Wake MedicationsAntidepressant MedicationsMood StabilizersAntipsychotic MedicationsAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder MedicationNeurocognitive MedicationHerbal TreatmentsKey Points to RememberClinical JudgmentChapter ReviewUNIT II Foundations for Practice4 Treatment SettingsBackgroundContinuum of CareOutpatient CareOutpatient Care SettingsPrevention in Outpatient CareOutpatient Psychiatric Nursing CareInpatient CareInpatient Care SettingsConsiderations for Inpatient CareInpatient Psychiatric Nursing CareSpecialty Treatment SettingsKey Points to RememberClinical JudgmentChapter Review5 Cultural ImplicationsRace Ethnicity and CultureRaceEthnicityCultureMeasuring Race and Ethnicity in the United StatesDemographic Shifts in the United StatesDiversity Equality Equity and InclusionDiversityEqualityEquityInclusionSocial Determinants of HealthWorldviewsWestern TraditionEastern TraditionIndigenous CultureImpact of CultureCultural Barriers to Mental Health ServicesCommunication BarriersStigma of Mental IllnessMisdiagnosisCultural Concepts of DistressCultural IdiomsCultural ExplanationsCultural SyndromesGenetic Variation in Pharmacody
