Psychiatric-mental health nursing--Mental health and mental illness--Psychiatric-mental health nursing:history and trends--Development of nursing theory--Cultural and ethnic issues--Ethical and legal issues--The continuum of care--Components of the nurse-client relationship--Assessment of psychiatric-mental health clients--Nursing deagnosis,outcome identification,planning,implementation,and evaluation--Therapeutic communication and relationships--The therapeutic milieu--Interactive therapies--Crisis intervention--individual psychotherapy and group therapy--couple and family therapy--Special treatment modalities--Psychopharmacology--Electroconvulsive therapy--Alternative therapies--Clients with psychiatric disorders--Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders--Delusional disorders--Mood disorders--Anxiety disorders--Anxiety-related disorders--Personality development and personlity disorders--Cognitive disorders--Eating disorders--Substance-related disorders--Sexual development and sexual disorders--Special populations--Infant,child,and adolescent clients--Suicidal clients--Suicidal clients--Clients with a dual diagnosis--Survivors of abuse and violence--Clients coping with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--Elderly clients coping with the psychosocial aspects of aging--Persistently mentally ill clients--

1. Phychiatric nursing
2. Mental health -- Nursing