Here’s the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It’s really two books in one! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings…from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 9th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, all of today’s new psychotropic medications, and the 2012-2014 content in the NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II. Awarded second place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing category

INDEX OF CLIENT BEHAVIORS INDEX OF DSM-5 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES HOW TO USE THIS BOOK I. THE FOUNDATION FOR PLANNING PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE 1. Nursing Process: One Step to Professionalism II. ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION 2. Disorders Commonly Associated with Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence 3. Neurocognitive Disorders 4. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 5. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 6. Depressive Disorders 7. Bipolar and Related Disorders 8. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders 9. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 10. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 11. Dissociative Disorders 12. Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria 13. Eating Disorders 14. Personality Disorders III. SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 15. Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect 16. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 17. Homelessness 18. Psychiatric Home Nursing Care 19. Forensic Nursing 20. Complementary Therapies 21. Loss and Bereavement 22. Working with Military Families IV. PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS 23. Antianxiety Agents 24. Antidepressants 25. Mood Stabilizing Agents 26. Antipsychotic Agents 27. Antiparkinsonian Agents 28. Sedative-Hypnotics 29. Agents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder APPENDICES A. Comparison of Developmental Theories B. Ego Defense Mechanisms C. Levels of Anxiety D. Stages of Grief E. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication F. Psychosocial Therapies G. Electroconvulsive Therapy H. Medication Assessment Tool I. Cultural Assessment Tool J. DSM-5 Classification K. Mental Status Assessment L. Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors M. Brief Mental Status Evaluation N. FDA Pregnancy Categories O. DEA Controlled Substances Schedules P. Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Q. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale R. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale S. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II BIBLIOGRAPHY SUBJECT INDEX DRUG INDEX NURSING DIAGNOSES INDEX