Contemporary Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 3/e is the
most up-to-date, evidence-based, culturally competent, authoritative,
and comprehensive resource for psychiatric-mental health nursing. The
authors emphasize the importance of empathy and client empowerment,
while providing the knowledge and clinical competence that
psychiatric-mental health nurses can use to help diverse clients heal on
both psychobiologic and spiritual levels. They prepare students to
tailor and humanize interventions for traditional as well as "new"
psychiatric-mental health clients encountered in forensic settings,
homeless shelters, and in other community and rehab settings. Since
advances in neuroscience and genetics are redefining the scientific
understanding of mental disorders, the authors offer a solid grounding
in psychobiology, including brain imaging assessment and new
psychopharmacologic treatment options. This edition adds a full chapter
on Recovery and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Strategies, and many new
boxed features showing how psychiatric disorders are portrayed in the
news and movies.