| Description |
xii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
The effective nurse -- 2. The context of practice -- 3. Historical foundations -- 4. The Australian and New Zealand politico-legal context -- 5. Professional and industrial issues -- 6. Mental health in Australia and New Zealand -- 7. Theories on mental health and illness -- 8. Mental health across the lifespan -- 9. Crisis and loss -- 10. Assessment and diagnosis -- 11. Intellectual disabilities -- 12. Disorders of childhood and adolescence -- 13. Disorders of old age -- 14. Schizoprenic disorders -- 15. Mood disorders -- 16. Personality disorders -- 17. Anxiety disorders -- 18. Eating disorders -- 19. Substance-related disorders and dual diagnosis -- 20. Somatoform and dissociative disorders -- 21. Settings for mental health care -- 22. The patient as person -- 23. Therapeutic interventions -- 24 |
| Summary |
This book comprehensively covers all the necessary content for undergraduate mental health nursing students. The text focuses on practice in mental health and psychiatric care integrating theory and the realities of practice. Mental wellness is featured as a concept, and the consideration of a range of psychosocial factors helps students contextualise mental illness and psychiatric disorders. The holistic approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client's experience of mental illness |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For tertairy students |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Decision making.
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Psychiatric nursing.
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Psychiatric nursing -- Australia.
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Psychiatric nursing -- New Zealand.
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Mental illness -- Australia.
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Psychiatric nursing -- Australia -- Textbooks.
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Psychiatric nursing -- New Zealand -- Textbooks.
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Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
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Psychiatric Nursing.
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| SUBJECT |
New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Elder, Ruth.
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Evans, Katie (Psychiatric nurse)
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Nizette, Debra.
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| LC no. |
00002632 |
| ISBN |
0729537293 |
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9780729537292 |
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