Description

• Bio-psycho-social model provides a solid learning framework that is emphasized throughout the text.
• Self-awareness prompts in every chapter challenge you to examine your own beliefs and attitudes about caring for mentally ill clients.
• Multiple-choice, NCLEX®-style questions for review and exam preparation include correct and incorrect answers with rationales.
• An array of knowledge enhancing features—from Internet resources to Key Terms, Key Concepts, and recurring icons that highlight each step of nursing diagnosis and management—ensure that you never miss a step.
• Critical thinking questions and learning activities put your problem-solving abilities to the test.

New to the Seventh Edition…

• New chapter on forensic nursing helps you build the observational and investigative abilities key to this evolving area of nursing practice.
• New content on spirituality, added to the chapter on cultural and ethical issues, will help you build more effective therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Updated psychopharmacological material includes critical information on the latest drugs, their treatment applications, and limitations—plus summary tables that highlight the major drugs used for each disorder.
• The latest diagnostic criteria reflect DSM-IV-TR standards.
• Evidence-Based Practice Boxes throughout the text stress the value of research findings in guiding treatment choices.