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Here's the 20th Anniversary Edition of the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It's really 2 books in 1! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings...from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic...to home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 8th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including an expanded section on psychotropic medications that encompasses all of today's new drugs and the 2009-2011 content in the NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II.

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• Index of DSM-IV-TR Psychiatric Diagnoses(p. xix)
• How to Use This Book(p. xxvii)
• Unit 1 The Foundation for Planning Psychiatric Nursing Care
• Chapter 1 Nursing Process: One Step to Professionalism(p. 1)
• Unit 2 Alterations in Psychosocial Adaptation
• Chapter 2 Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence(p. 14)
• Chapter 3 Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders(p. 54)
• Chapter 4 Substance-Related Disorders(p. 71)
• Chapter 5 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders(p. 105)
• Chapter 6 Mood Disorders: Depression(p. 125)
• Chapter 7 Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorders(p. 145)
• Chapter 8 Anxiety Disorders(p. 161)
• Chapter 9 Somatoform Disorders(p. 176)
• Chapter 10 Dissociative Disorders(p. 191)
• Chapter 11 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders(p. 201)
• Chapter 12 Eating Disorders(p. 218)
• Chapter 13 Adjustment Disorder(p. 236)
• Chapter 14 Impulse Control Disorders(p. 256)
• Chapter 15 Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition(p. 264)
• Chapter 16 Personality Disorders(p. 275)
• Unit 3 Special Topics in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Chapter 17 Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect(p. 310)
• Chapter 18 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder(p. 320)
• Chapter 19 HIV Disease(p. 329)
• Chapter 20 Homelessness(p. 341)
• Chapter 21 Psychiatric Home Nursing Care(p. 348)
• Chapter 22 Forensic Nursing(p. 358)
• Chapter 23 Complementary Therapies(p. 370)
• Chapter 24 Loss and Bereavement(p. 390)
• Unit 4 Psychotropic Medications
• Chapter 25 Antianxiety Agents(p. 406)
• Chapter 26 Antidepressants(p. 417)
• Chapter 27 Mood-Stabilizing Drugs(p. 447)
• Chapter 28 Antipsychotic Agents(p. 472)
• Chapter 29 Antiparkinsonian Agents(p. 502)
• Chapter 30 Sedative-Hypnotics(p. 511)
• Chapter 31 Agents Used to Treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder(p. 522)
• Appendix A Comparison of Development Theories(p. 538)
• Appendix B Ego Defense Mechanisms(p. 545)
• Appendix C Levels of Anxiety(p. 548)
• Appendix D Stages of Grief(p. 552)
• Appendix E Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication(p. 557)
• Appendix F Psychosocial Therapies(p. 570)
• Appendix G Electroconvulsive Therapy(p. 580)
• Appendix H Medication Assessment Tool(p. 583)
• Appendix I Cultural Assessment Tool(p. 588)
• Appendix J The DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Evaluation System(p. 590)
• Appendix K Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale(p. 592)
• Appendix L DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes(p. 595)
• Appendix M Mental Status Assessment(p. 610)
• Appendix N Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors(p. 618)
• Appendix O Brief Mental Status Evaluation(p. 622)