Table of Contents

UNIT 1 PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE 1 Roles and Functions of Psychiatric – Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring 2 Therapeutic Nurse – Patient Relationship 3 The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care 4 Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice 5 Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 6 Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care 7 Families as Resources, Caregivers, and Collaborators 8 Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance

UNIT 2 CONTINUUM OF CARE 9 Prevention and Mental Health Promotion 10 Crisis and Disaster Intervention 11 Recovery Support

UNIT 3 APPLYING PRINCIPLES IN NURSING PRACTICE 12 Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders 13 Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders 14 Self-Concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders 15 Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders 16 Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior 17 Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders 18 Social Responses and Personality Disorders 19 Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders 20 Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders 21 Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders

UNIT 4 TREATMENT MODALITIES 22 Psychopharmacology 23 Behavior Change and Cognitive Interventions 24 Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior 25 Somatic Therapies 26 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 27 Therapeutic Groups 28 Family Interventions

UNIT 5 TREATMENT SETTINGS 29 Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care 30 Community-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

UNIT 6 SPECIAL POPULATIONS IN PSYCHIATRY 31 Child Psychiatric Nursing 32 Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 33 Geropsychiatric Nursing 34 Care of Survivors of Abuse and Violence 35 Psychological Care of Patients With a Life-Threatening Illness