pt. I. Foundations for Practice --

1. Overview of Psychiatric Nursing --

2. The Person as a Client --

3. Philosophical Positions --

4. Theoretical Approaches --

5. Nursing Theorists' Approaches --

6. Therapeutic Communication --

7. Developing a Therapeutic Relationship --

8. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric Nursing --

9. Cultural Considerations in Mental Health-Psychiatric Nursing --

pt. II. Behavioral Concepts --

10. Anxiety --

11. Anger --

12. Guilt --

13. Loss --

14. Hope-Hopelessness --

15. Flexibility-Rigidity --

16. Dependence-Independence --

17. Trust-Mistrust --

18. Addictive Behavior --

19. Somatization --

20. Pain --

21. Loneliness --

22. Boredom --

23. Manipulation --

pt. III. Therapeutic Modalities --

24. Psychotropic Medications --

25. Milieu Therapy --

26. Community Mental Health Nursing --

27. Crisis Intervention --

28. Group Therapy --

29. Family Therapy --

30. Couples Therapy --

31. Therapy for Clients with Eating Disorders --

32. Therapy with Chronically Mentally Ill Clients --

33. Therapy with Clients with Dementia --

34. Therapy with Victims of Abuse --

pt. IV. Life-Cycle Phases --

35. The Infant --

36. The Child --

37. The Adolescent --

38. The Young Adult --

39. The Middle-Aged Adult --

40. The Aged Adult --

pt. V. Issues and Trends --

41. Ethical Issues --

42. Legal Issues --

43. Research --

44. Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement --

45. Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nursing --

App. A: DSM-III-R Classification: Axes I-V Categories and Codes --

App. B: ANA Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice --

Glossary.