Previous edition of textbook for RN Semester 4.

Preceded by Varcarolis' foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing. 7th ed. / [edited by] Margaret Jordan Halter. c2014.

Unit I: Foundations in theory -- Mental health and mental illness -- Theories and therapies -- Psychobiology and psychopharmacology -- Unit II: Foundations for practice -- Treatment settings -- Cultural implications -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Unit III: Psychosocial nursing tools -- The nursing process and standards of care -- Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communication -- Stress responses and stress management -- Unit IV: Psychobiological disorders -- Childhood and neurodevelopmental disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders -- Trauma, stressor-related, and dissociative disorders -- Somatic symptom disorders -- Eating and feeding disorders -- Sleep-wake disorders -- Sexual dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and paraphilias -- Impulse control disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Personality disorders -- Unit V: Trauma interventions -- Suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury -- Crisis and disaster -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Child, older adult, and intimate partner violence -- Sexual assault -- Unit VI: Interventions for special populations -- Dying, death, and grieving -- Older adults -- Serious mental illness -- Forensic nursing -- Unit VII: Other intervention modalities -- Therapeutic groups -- Family interventions -- Integrative care.