By Robert Kaplan, Kunsook S. Bernstein

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.

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (July 12, 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Digital eBook ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0367684489
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0367684488
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780367684488
• eText ISBN: 9781000610154