Foundations of mental health care /
Morrison-Valfre, Michelle.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Mosby,
c2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mental Health Care: Past and Present. The History of Mental Health Care ; Current Mental Health Care Systems ; Ethical and Legal Issues ; Sociocultural Issues ; Theories and Therapies ; Complementary and Alternative Therapies NEW! ; Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy. -- The Caregiver's Therapeutic Skills. Skills and Principles of Mental Health Care ; Mental Health Assessment Skills ; Therapeutic Communication ; The Therapeutic Relationship ; The Therapeutic Environment. -- Mental Health Problems Throughout The Life Cycle. Problems of Childhood ; Problems of Adolescence ; Problems of Adulthood ; Problems of Late Adulthood ; Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia. -- Patients With Psychological Problems. Managing Anxiety ; Illness and Hospitalization ; Loss and Grief ; Depression and Other Mood Disorders ; Physical Problems, Psychological Sources ; Eating and Sleeping Disorders ; Dissociative Disorders. -- Patients With Psychosocial Problems ; Anger and Aggression ; Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence ; Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Sexual Disorders ; Personality Disorders ; Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses ; Chronic Mental Health Disorders ; Challenges for the Future.
Psychiatric nursing.
Mental health services.