Key Features

• DSM-5-based psychiatric diagnoses, criteria, and organization help you with accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients.
• Clinical coverage of major psychiatric disorders simplifies often-complex material to the essentials.
• Prioritized care plans for psychiatric nursing diagnoses include assessment findings/diagnostic cues, nursing diagnosis, etiology, outcome criteria, and interventions with rationales.
• Chapters on psychopharmacology provide essential information on drugs such as antipsychotics and antidepressants.
• Coverage of brain stimulation therapies includes electroconvulsive therapy and vagus nerve stimulation.
• Assessment guides include tables, charts, and questionnaires to help with patient diagnosis and care.