E-Textbook Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis of Adults for Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses PDF

Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis of Adults for Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses

• 1st Edition
• by Kunsook S. Bernstein (Author), Robert Kaplan (Author)

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 psychopathologie
• 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.