Previous edition: 2019.

Unit I. The basics. Me, meds, Milieu -- Historical issues -- Legal issues -- Psychobiologic bases of behavior -- Cultural issues -- Spirituality issues -- unit II. You : therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. Models for working with psychiatric patients -- Learning to communicate professionally -- Working with an individual patient -- Working with groups of patients -- Working with the family -- unit III. Medication (Psychopharmacology). Introduction to psychotropic drugs -- Antiparkinsonian drugs -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Antidepressant drugs -- Antimanic drugs -- Antianxiety drugs -- Antidementia drugs -- Alternative preparations and over-the-counter drugs -- unit IV. Environment : Milieu management. Introduction to Milieu management -- Variables affecting the therapeutic environment: violence and suicide -- Therapeutic environment in various treatment settings -- unit V. Putting it all together (Psychopathology). Introduction to psychopathology -- Schizophrenia Spectrum and other psychotic disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar disorders -- Anxiety-related, obsessive-compulsive, trauma- and stressor-related, somatic, and dissociative disorders -- Neurocognitive disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sexual disorders and gender dysphoria -- Substance abuse disorders -- Eating disorders -- unit VI. Special populations. Survivors of violence and trauma -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Soldiers and veterans.

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