Table of Contents I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 1. The Concept of Stress Adaptation 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts II. FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 3. Concepts of Psychobiology 4. Psychopharmacology 5. Ethical and Legal Issues III. THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE 6. Relationship Development 7. Therapeutic Communication 8. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 9. Therapeutic Groups 10. Intervention with Families 11. Milieu Therapy—The Therapeutic Community 12. Crisis Intervention 13. Assertiveness Training 14. Promoting Self Esteem 15. Anger and Aggression Management 16. Suicide Prevention 17. Behavior Therapy 18. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 19. Electroconvulsive Therapy 20. The Recovery Model IV. NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION 21. Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in General Practice Settings 22. Neurocognitive Disorders 23. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 25. Depressive Disorders 26. Bipolar and Related Disorders 27. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders 28. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders 29. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders 30. Eating Disorders 31. Personality Disorders V. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSIN