Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment And Diagnosis Of Adults For Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses - 9780367684556

This text provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to psychiatric mental health assessment and diagnosis in advanced nursing practice. Taking a clinical, case-based approach, this textbook is designed to support graduate nursing students who are studying psychiatric mental health nursing as they develop their reasoning and decision-making skills. It presents: therapeutic communication and psychiatric interviewing techniques, alongside basic psychiatric terminologies; the major psychiatric diagnoses, drawing on the DSM-5; a step-by-step guide to conducting a comprehensive psychiatric mental health assessment; case examples demonstrating assessment across major psychopathologies; good practice for conducting mental health evaluations. This is an essential text for all those undertaking Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs and a valuable reference for advanced practice nurses in clinical practice.

• | Author: KUNSOOK. BERNSTEIN|Robert Kaplan
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367684551
• | ISBN-13: 9780367684556