Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : a communication approach to evidence-based care / Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, RN, MA, Professor Emeritus, Formerly Deputy Chairperson, Department of Nursing, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Associate Fellow, Albert Ellis Institute for Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy (REBT), former Major, Army Nurse Corps Reserve, New York, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Practicing the science and the art of psychiatric nursing -- Mental health and mental illness -- Theories and therapies / Margaret Jordan Halter -- Biological basis for understanding psychopharmacology / Dorothy A. Varchol -- Settings for psychiatric care / Margaret Jordan Halter -- Legal and ethical basis for practice / Penny Simpson Brooke -- Nursing process and QSEN: the foundation for safe and effective care -- Communication skills: medium for all nursing practice -- Therapeutic relationships and the clinical interview -- Stress and stress-related disorders -- Anxiety, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders -- Somatic symptom disorders and related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Eating disorders / Kathleen Ibrahim -- Mood disorders: depression -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Crisis and mass disaster -- Child, partner, and elder violence -- Sexual violence -- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors -- Anger, aggression, and violence -- Care for the dying and those who grieve / Kathy Kramer-Howe -- Children and adolescents -- Adults / Edward A Herzog -- Older adults.