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PATTERNS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARECurrent and Evolving Patterns of Mental Health CareThe Roles of the Nurse in Different Mental Health SettingsInpatient Hospitalization:The Mental Health Treatment Team and the Therapeutic MilieuCommunity-Based Treatment Settings for Mental DisordersHome Care Setting:Client and Family IssuesProfessional, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Mental Health Nursing FOUNDATIONS OF THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPCommunicating in the Therapeutic RelationshipTheories and Stages of Personality DevelopmentInfluences of Family and Social Environment on the Individual FOUNDATIONS OF DECISION MAKING IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGNursing Process in the Mental Health SettingHuman EmotionsStress:Effective Coping and AdaptationStress:Effective Coping and Defense MechanismsThe Mental Status Exam NURSING THE CLIENT WITH A MENTAL DISORDERThe Client with a Mood DisorderThe Client with an Anxiety DisorderThe Client with Delirium, Dementia, Alzheimer's and other Cognitive DisordersThe Client with Schizophrenia and other PsychoticThe Client who is Contemplating SuicideThe Client with a Substance-Related Mental DisorderThe Client with a Personality DisorderThe Client with an Eating DisorderThe Infant, Child, or Adolescent with a Developmental Disorder INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERSCrisis InterventionNursing Care of the Older Adult with a Mental DisorderMilieu Therapy and Behavior ModificationGroup TherapyPsychopharmacology and Electroconvulsive Treatment of Mental DisordersComplementary Health Approaches:Therapies and Philosophy in Mental Health Treatment SettingsInde