Mental Health Nursing

Author: Wang Zhiying
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book is a clinical professional course designed for nursing majors in higher medical colleges and a compulsory course for adult higher education nursing majors (promotion to bachelor's degree) in China. The book consists of 2 parts and 14 chapters. Part I, the General Introduction, includes 3 chapters covering the preface, etiology and classification of mental disorders, and the symptomatology of mental disorders. Part II, the 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. In the writing of the textbook, they strive to reflect the latest developments in mental disorder nursing. 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 book for nursing majors at the junior college level.