Mental health and psychiatric nursing

Author: Song Yanhua Hu Peicheng
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: The book is divided into two parts: Mental Health and Mental Illness Nursing. The Mental Health section was written by teachers from the Department of Medical Psychology at Beijing Medical University. The Mental Illness Nursing section was written by the Institute of Mental Health at Beijing Medical University. The Mental Health section emphasizes the need to achieve a shift in medical models, promote the importance of mental health, advocate for a healthy lifestyle, prevent psychosomatic diseases, learn to cope with stress, and adjust one's own mental health level. The Mental Illness Nursing section consists of twelve chapters, with the main content being the nursing of common clinical mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, affective disorders, neuroses, mental disorders in children and adolescents, and mental disorders caused by brain organic and somatic diseases. Each chapter not only explains the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various mental illnesses but also emphasizes a comprehensive, systematic, and holistic nursing approach, as well as the modern nursing perspective of "patient-centered."