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Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice Mary Ann Boyd, PhD, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC 978-1-4963-3214-1 • February 2016 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 640 pp • 60 Illus

Offering a unique focus on communication skills, mental health promotion, and evidence-based, recovery-oriented nursing care of people with common mental health disorders, this concise and engaging text presents essential concepts in easy-to-understand language with multiple examples and explanations. Compelling case studies—supported by online videos that play out the scenarios in more depth—show students how to apply theory to specific patients, providing a seamless transition to the practice world. Features • Key Diagnostic Characteristics summaries describe diagnostic criteria, target symptoms, and associated findings for select disorders, adapted from the DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association • Profile boxes present a thorough picture of commonly prescribed medications for patients with mental health problems. The profiles complement the text discussions of biologic processes known to be associated with various mental health disorders • Studies interwoven in the mental health disorder chapters are brought to life by online videos of these case patients displaying these disorders. • Videos series, Lippincott Theory to Practice Video Series: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing includes videos of true-to-life patients (corresponding to case studies in the text) displaying mental health disorders, allowing students to gain experience and a deeper understanding of mental health patients • Concept Mastery Alerts utilize data from prepU quizzing to highlight common misconceptions and difficult-to-understand material. • Nursing Care Plans (found online), based on case scenarios, present clinical examples of patients with a particular diagnosis and demonstrate plans of care that follow patients through various diagnostic stages and care delivery settings • Movies list current examples of movies that depict various mental health disorders and that are widely available on DVD for rent or purchase. Viewing points are provided to serve as a basis for discussion in class and among students. • Clinical Vignette boxes present reality-based clinical portraits of patients who exhibit the symptoms described in the text. Questions are posed to help students express their thoughts and identify solutions to issues presented in the vignettes. • Research for Best Practice boxes highlight today’s focus on evidence-based practice for best practice, presenting findings and implications of studies that are applicable to psychiatric nursing practice.

Table of Contents UNIT I: Essentials of Mental Health Care UNIT II: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Frameworks UNIT III: Knowledge & Skills of Psychiatric- Mental Health Nursing UNIT IV: Prevention of Mental Disorders UNIT V: Care & Recovery for Persons with Mental Health Disorders UNIT VI: Care of Special Populations App A Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale App B Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) App C Simplified Diagnosis for Tardive Dyskinesia (SD-TD)

Psychiatric • Mental Health