The biological basis of mental health nursing
By: William Blows
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780415570978; 9780415570985; 9780203833889
Subjects: Psychiatric nursing; Diseases; Nurses' Instruction; Mental illness; Brain; Biological Psychiatry; Biological psychiatry; Mental Disorders; Physiology; Physiological aspects
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Biological basis of nursing. Mental health / William T. Blows. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the brain; title: Brain development; title: Neural communication; title: Neurotransmitters and receptors; title: Hormones and behaviour; title: Genetic disorders affecting mental health; title: Pharmacology; title: Drug abuse; title: Anxiety, fear, and emotions; title: Schizophrenia; title: Depression; title: Epilepsy; title: Subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain; title: The ageing brain and dementia; title: Learning, behavioural, and developmental disorders.