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Mental health nursing / Karen Lee Fontaine.

Author/creator Fontaine, Karen Lee, 1943-
Format Software, Book, Print, and Electronic
Edition6th ed.
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2009.
Descriptionxxv, 727 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction to mental health nursing -- The family in mental health nursing -- The community in mental health nursing -- The role of culture in mental health nursing -- Legal and ethical issues -- Neurobiology and behavior -- Illness management: communication and psychoeducation -- Illness management: common clinical behaviors -- Illness management: treatment decisions -- Illness management: medications -- Anxiety, dissociative, and somatoform disorders -- Eating disorders -- Mood disorders -- Schizophrenic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Disorders of children and adolescents -- Gender identity and sexual disorders -- Cognitive impairment disorders -- Neuropsychiatric problems -- Suicide -- Interpersonal violence -- Sexual violence -- Community violence -- Nursing management of the problems associated with exposure to natural disasters and terrorism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Technical detailsSystem requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh and Windows.
LCCN 2008015615
ISBN9780135146552 :
ISBN0135146550

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