Psychiatric and mental health nursing demystified

Content: 1. Foundation of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Mental illness : Models of human behavior 
 Therapeutic relationship 
 Therapeutic communication 
 Barriers to communication 
 Defense mechanisms 
 Legal environment 
 Psychiatric therapies 
 Psychiatric assessment tests 
 American Nurses Association Standards of Care 
 Nursing assessment 
 Mental status examination 
 Summarize the nursing assessment 
 Developing a nursing diagnosis --
2. Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Childhood and adolescent mental illness --
Diagnosing --
Treatment --
Working with a difficult child : Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 
 Autistic disorder 
 Conduct disorder 
 Oppositional defiant disorder 
 Major depression disorder 
 Mental retardation 
 Tourette Syndrome --
3. Anxiety and anxiety disorders. Anxiety : Acute stress disorder 
 Generalized anxiety disorder 
 Obsessive-compulsive disorder 
 Panic disorder 
 Phobia 
 Posttraumatic stress disorder 
 Substance abuse anxiety disorder --
4. Somatoform and dissociative disorders. What are somatoform disorders and dissociative disorders? --
Factitious disorders and malingering disorders : Body dysmorphic disorder 
 Conversion disorder 
 Hypochondriasis 
 Pain disorder 
 Somatization disorder 
 Depersonalization disorder 
 Dissociative amnesia 
 Dissociative fugue 
 Dissociative identity disorder --
5. Schizophrenia. What is schizophrenia disorder? --
Hallucinations --
Delusion --
Positive and negative symptoms --
Phases of schizophrenia disorder --
Degrees of schizophrenia disorder --
Antipsychotic medication adverse side effects : Paranoid schizophrenia disorder 
 Disorganized schizophrenia disorder 
 Undifferentiated schizophrenia disorder 
 Residual schizophrenia disorder 
 Catatonic schizophrenia disorder. 6. Personality disorders. Personality and personality disorders --
Clusters : Antisocial personality disorder 
 Avoidant personality disorder 
 Borderline personality disorder 
 Dependent personality disorder 
 Histrionic personality disorder 
 Narcissistic personality disorder 
 Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder 
 Paranoid personality disorder 
 Schizoid personality disorder 
 Schizotypal personality disorder --
7. Mood disorders. Mood --
Mood disorder : Bipolar disorder 
 Cyclothymic disorder 
 Dysthymic disorder 
 Major depressive disorder --
8. Substance abuse. Abuse, dependency, and addiction --
Dependency and pain medication --
Detoxification --
Recovery, cravings, and triggers --
Social support problems --
Common signs of substance abuse : Alcohol dependence disorder 
 Amphetamine abuse disorder 
 Anxiolytic, hypnotic, sedative dependent disorder 
 Cannabis abuse disorder 
 Cocaine abuse disorder 
 Hallucinogen abuse disorder 
 Inhalant abuse disorder 
 Nicotine dependent disorder 
 Opioid dependent disorder --
9. Eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa disorder 
 Bulimia nervosa disorder --
10. Sleeping disorders. Sleep --
Measuring sleep --
Missed sleep --
Sleeping habits --
Stages of sleep --
Physiology during sleep --
Dreams : Breathing-related sleep disorder 
 Circadian rhythm sleep disorder 
 Narcolepsy disorcer 
 Primary hypersomnia disorder 
 Primary insomnia disorder. 11. Sexual disorders. Sexual activity 
 Gender identity 
 Paraphilia : Gender identity disorder 
 Paraphilia disorder 
 Sexual dysfunction disorder --
12. Therapeutic communications. A therapeutic relationship 
 Therapeutic communication 
 Therapeutic interventions 
 Mediating conflicts 
 Crisis 
 Developing a therapeutic relationship 
 Running groups 
 Addiction intervention 
 Legal considerations 
 Nurse process report 
 Milieu --
13. Patient psychiatric assessment and patient psychiatric care plans. Mental health diagnosis 
 Psychiatric nursing process 
 Behavioral assessment 
 Psychiatric nursing diagnosis 
 Psychiatric care plan --
14. Physiologic basis of mental illness. Mental illness : Neurologic system 
 Neurotransmitters 
 Nervous system and mental illness 
 Medication 
 Substance abuse.