num_pages: 798
description: This outstanding resource provides comprehensive and straightforward coverage of psychiatric nursing. Using a balanced nursing-medical approach, it presents strong baseline coverage of the DSM-IV-TR and related treatments, while continuing to focus on what psychiatric nurses actually do. The book weaves important themes throughout the text after introducing fundamental concepts early on. These areas include legal/ethical issues, research, growth/development, and cultural implications, as well as psychopharmacology, psychobiology, and communication.
language: English
title: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
publisher: Mosby