Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th 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 criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. -- Provided by publisher.

Unit I.Foundations in theory. -- Mental health and mental illness / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Theories and therapies / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Neurobiology and pharmacotherapy / Chris Paxos and Jessica B. Emshoff -- Unit II. Foundations for practice. -- Treatment settings / Monica J. Halter and Christine M. Tebaldi ; -- Cultural implications / Rick Zoucha and Kimberly M. Wolf ; -- Legal and ethical considerations / Margaret Jordan Halter -- Unit III. Psychosocial nursing tools. -- The nursing process and standards of care / Margaret Jordan Halter and Elizabeth M. Varcarolis ; -- Therapeutic relationships / Margaret Jordan Halter and Elizabeth M. Varcarolis ; -- Therapeutic communication / Margaret Jordan Halter and Elizabeth M. Varcarolis -- Stress responses and stress management / Margaret Jordan Halter and Elizabeth M. Varcarolis -- Unit IV. Psychobiological disorders. -- Childhood and neurodevelopmental disorders / Chyllia D. Fosbre and Cindy Parsons ; -- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders / Edward A. Herzog ; -- Bipolar and related disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Depressive disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Trauma, stressor-related, and dissociative disorders / Audrey M. Beauvais and Kathleen Wheeler ; -- Somatic symptom disorders / -- Lois Angelo ; -- Eating and feeding disorders / Rachel M. Childs and Carissa R. Enright ; -- Sleep-wake disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Sexual dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and paraphilic disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Impulse control disorders / Sandra S. Yaklin and Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Substance-related and addictive disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter and Jill Epstein ; -- Neurocognitive disorders / Jane Stein-Parbury ; -- Personality disorders / Margaret Jordan Halter and Christine A. Tackett -- Unit V. Trauma interventions. Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury / Faye J. Grund ; -- Crisis and disaster / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Anger, aggression, and violence / Lorann Murphy ; -- Child, older adult, and intimate partner violence / Margaret Jordan Halter ; -- Sexual assault / Margaret Jordan Halter and Jodie Flynn -- Unit VI. Interventions for special populations. -- Dying, death, and grieving / Sandra S. Yaklin ; -- Older adults / Margaret Jordan Halter and Leslie A. Briscoe ; -- Serious mental illness / Kathryn Witner and Edward A. Herzog ; -- Forensic nursing / L. Kathleen Sekula and Alison M. Colbert -- Unit VII. Other intervention modalities. Therapeutic groups / Donna Rolin and Emily Fowler ; -- Family interventions / Christina Fratena and Laura G. Leahy ; -- Integrative care / Christina Fratena.