UNIT ONE: MENTAL HEALTH CARE: PAST AND PRESENT 1. The History
of Mental Health Care 2. Current Mental Health Care
3. Ethical and Legal Issues 4. Sociocultural Issues
5. Theories and Therapies 6. Complementary and
Alternative Therapies 7. Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy
UNIT TWO: THE CAREGIVER'S THERAPEUTIC SKILLS 8. Skills and
Principles of Mental Health Care 9. Mental Health Assessment
Skills 10. Therapeutic Communication 11. The Therapeutic
Relationship 12. The Therapeutic Environment
UNIT THREE: MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE
13. Problems of Childhood 14. Problems of Adolescence
15. Problems of Adulthood 16. Problems of Late Adulthood
17. Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and
Dementia
UNIT FOUR: CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 18. Managing
Anxiety 19. Illness and Hospitalization 20. Loss and
Grief 21. Depression and Other Mood Disorders
22. Physical Problems, Psychological Sources 23. Eating
and Sleeping Disorders 24. Dissociative Disorders
UNIT FIVE: CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS 25. Anger and
Aggression 26. Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence
27. Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide
28. Substance-Related Disorders 29. Sexual Disorders
30. Personality Disorders 31. Schizophrenia and Other
Psychoses 32. Chronic Mental Health Disorders
33. Challenges for the Future
Appendixes A: Answers to Review Questions for the NCLEX-PN®
Examination B: Mental Status Assessment at a Glance C: A Simple
Method to Determine Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination
Procedure Bibliography and Reader References Glossary
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