From the Book - 8 edition.
Unit I: Foundations in theory
Mental health and mental illness
Psychobiology and psychopharmacology
Unit II: Foundations for practice
Legal and ethical considerations
Unit III: Psychosocial nursing tools
The nursing process and standards of care
Therapeutic relationships
Therapeutic communication
Stress responses and stress management
Unit IV: Psychobiological disorders
Childhood and neurodevelopmental disorders
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Bipolar and related disorders
Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders
Trauma, stressor-related, and dissociative disorders
Somatic symptom disorders
Eating and feeding disorders
Sexual dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and paraphilias
Impulse control disorders
Substance-related and addictive disorders
Unit V: Trauma interventions
Suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury
Anger, aggression, and violence
Child, older adult, and intimate partner violence
Unit VI: Interventions for special populations
Dying, death, and grieving
Unit VII: Other intervention modalities
