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

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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 psychopathologies. 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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Introduction Reference Chapter 1 Therapeutic Interviewing and Mental Health Evaluation of Adults Section 1: Principles of Therapeutic Interviewing Section 2: Guidelines of Mental Health Evaluation Section 3: Case Exemplar Section 4: Psychiatric Terminology References Chapter 2 Case-Based Differential Diagnostic Mental Health Evaluation for Adults Section 1: Schizophrenia Section 2: Depressive Disorders Section 3: Bipolar Disorders Section 4: Anxiety Disorders Section 5: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Section 6: Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Section 7: Feeding and Eating Disorders Section 8: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Section 9: Neurocognitive Disorders Section 10: Personality Disorders References Chapter 3 Practice Guidelines for the Assessment of Risk for Violent Behaviors during the Psychiatric Evaluation Section 1: Assessment of Suicidal Clients Section 2: Assessment of Other-Directed Violence, including Aggressive Behaviors and Homicide References Chapter 4 Practice Guidelines for Cultural Assessments Index