A Concise Textbook of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (As Per INC Syllabus

The objective of this textbook is to introduce the psychiatric mental health nursing. This book is designed exclusively based on Indian nursing council (INC) syllabus and is meant for BSc program even though the other nursing program can be used as a reference guide. This book gives a comprehensive knowledge regarding various aspects of psychiatric nursing. This book consists of 16 chapters. It includes mental health and mental illness, principles and concepts of mental health nursing, therapeutic communication and nurse-patient relationship, assessment of mental health status, treatment modalities and therapies in mental disorders, nursing management of patient with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, nursing management of patient with mood disorders, nursing management of patient with neurotic, stress-related and somatization disorders, nursing management of patient with substance use disorder, nursing management of patient with personality behavioral, sexual and eating disorders, nursing management of childhood and adolescent disorders including mental deficiency, nursing management of patient with organic mental disorders, psychiatric emergencies and crisis intervention, legal issues in mental health nursing, community mental health nursing and miscellaneous. This book is also very useful for the nursing students, teachers and professional nurses.