Mental Health Nursing: Textbook for Nursing Majors in Higher Medical Colleges

Author: Song Yanhua
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is a clinical professional course designed for nursing majors in higher medical colleges and also a compulsory course for adult higher education nursing majors (promoted to bachelor's degree) in China. The book consists of 2 parts and 14 chapters. Part I, General Principles, includes 3 chapters covering Introduction, Etiology and Classification of Mental Disorders, and Symptomatology of Mental Disorders. Part II, Specific Topics, includes 11 chapters, with 9 chapters introducing the nursing care of patients with common organic and functional mental disorders. The other 2 chapters the nursing care of acute and chronic mental disorders in the community, as well as the application of psychotherapy and psychological counseling in nursing. The authors are mental health professionals with extensive clinical and teaching experience, and they strive to reflect the latest developments in mental disorder nursing in the textbook content. This book is also suitable for continuing education of general and specialized nurses, guiding them to improve nursing quality. It can also serve as a reference for nursing majors at the junior college level.