Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Concepts of Personality Development; Biological Implications; Ethical and Legal Issues; Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing; PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING INTERVENTIONS; Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication; The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing; The Bereaved Individual; Military Families; APPENDICES; NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II; Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors; Mental Status Assessment; Glossary; Answers to Review Questions; Examples of Answers to Communication Exercises; DSM-5 Classification: Categories and Codes; Index.