Psychiatric Nursing - Hardcover

Revision of a textbook that began its ascendency (in its first edition) in 1979. New features: chapters on codependence, suicide, eating disorders, nutrition and psychobiology sidebars, psychotropics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

With a dual theme of psychobiology and human interactionism (caring), this book offers comprehensive, authoritative and contemporary coverage of psychiatric nursing practice. New chapters on eating disorders, rape, intra-family violence, co-dependency, and suicide have been added to bring this Fourth Edition completely up-to-date. In addition, the drug section has been greatly expanded and highlights drugs separately in an appendix.