| Contents |
Unit I. Foundations in theory -- Mental health and mental illness -- Theories and therapies -- Neurobiology and pharmacotherapy -- 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 paraphilic disorders -- 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. |
