Basic Concepts of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to diagnosing, preventing, and treating mental disorders. These include variousmaladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatric mental health nursing is a specialty withinnursing. Psychiatric mental health registered nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities, assessingtheir mental health needs. The book provides a clear and comprehensive discussion of mental disorders and psychiatricnursing. The book discusses all the important areas of psychiatric nursing with clarity. This book deals all the areas such asmajor diagnostic classification, communication skills, various types of behavior problems in psychiatric patients withsuggestions of dealing with them, and the common treatment modalities very efficiently. This book has been writtenkeeping in mind the goal of preparing a well rounded graduate nurse who can apply the knowledge and understanding ofhuman behavior and psychiatric disorders in the prevention of mental illness, promotion of mental health and care of thementally ill. It is mainly prepared for Nursing Students and provides the study content for all understudies of psychiatry.