Fundamentals of mental health nursing
This text emphasizes the psychiatric disorders most commonly seen in general patient care and fully reflects the DSM-IV. It proves workbook-type case studies and critical thinking exercises from the acute, long-term and community medical-surgical care settings. Chapter pedagogy throughout includes l...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
F.A. Davis
2001
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| Edition: | Second Edition |
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Add Tag | Summary: | This text emphasizes the psychiatric disorders most commonly seen in general patient care and fully reflects the DSM-IV. It proves workbook-type case studies and critical thinking exercises from the acute, long-term and community medical-surgical care settings. Chapter pedagogy throughout includes learning objectives, key terms at chapter openings, chapter summaries, case studies, and sample test questions. Appropriate chapters contain a table of medical illness or medications that may cause abnormal behaviours that can be confused with a psychiatric illness, while others contain patient teaching information to facilitate compliance. The mechanism of action of psychiatric drugs is explained, and disorders chapters include a summary table of the medications used to treat each disorder |
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| Physical Description: | x, 402 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803607286 0803607288 |
Fundamentals of mental health nursing