Psychiatric Nursing (Notes) description

Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specialises in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress.


Alcohol Abuse
Anorexia Nervosa
Anxiety
Behavior Modification
Bipolar and Unipolar Comparison
Bipolar Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Cognitive Disorders
Crisis Intervention
Defense Mechanisms
Developmental Theories
Eating Disorders
Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
General Nursing Interventions for the Mental Health Client
Gestalt Therapy
Group Therapy
Human Growth and Development
Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Johari Window
Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
Korsakoff’s Syndrome (Korsakoff’s Psychosis)
Kubler-Ross Stages of Dying / Grief
Major Depressive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Paraphilias
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment
Reality Therapy
Restraint Application
Schizophrenia
Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory of Human Development
Somatoform Disorders
Suicide
Therapeutic and Non-Therapeutic Communication
Therapeutic Community ( Milieu Therapy)
Therapeutic Therapy
Three Phases of Nurse-Client Relationship
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy