Publisher's Synopsis
This outstanding text and reference emphasizes the "seamless" continuity of psychiatric care, as well as the variety of setting in which it is now provided. As always, your students get current and comprehensive information that's presented in a clear, accessible, visually stimulating format now more clinically relevant than ever! For example, the psychobiological bases of mental disorders and psychopharmacological interventions are now featured in a new chapter, depicted in two exciting full-color inserts, and integrated throughout the book. Interdisciplinary and collaborative aspects of health care are threaded throughout the text, with a strong emphasis on recognizing the client as a consumer who participates equally in his or her mental health care. Discussions of nursing management are now framed within the six-step nursing process, including the new outcome identification step.
