Practical Guide to Mental Health Nursing

Key features promotes psychological wellness of health based on the holistic approach to the individual, family and community. The text helps the readers to enhance their knowledge, aptitudes and practices in their professional career. The role of a psychiatric nurse in applying nursing care plan, treatment modalities in administration of psychotherapeutic drugs and various therapies have been dealt with extensively and efficiently. Table of contents 1. Assessment format mental health nursing history taking of patients with mental illness mental status examination of patients with mental illness general and physical examination neurological assessment process recording 2. Administration of psychotherapeutic drugs antipsychotic drugs antimanic medications anticonvulsants antidepressant medications antianxiety medications medications for special groups 3. Application of psychiatric nursing process multi-axial system nanda-approved nursing diagnoses schizophrenia bipolar disorder, manic e