Confidently provide best practices in patient care, with the newly updated Lippincott® Nursing Procedures, 9th Edition. More than 400 entries offer detailed, evidence-based guidance on procedures ranging from the most basic patient care to assisting with intricate surgeries. The alphabetical organization allows you to quickly look up any procedure by name, and benefit from the clear, concise, step-by-step direction of nursing experts. Whether you’re a nursing student, are new to nursing, or are a seasoned practitioner, this is your go-to guide to the latest in expert care and positive outcomes.

During wartime, the need for mental health professionals intensifies, and the role they play is increasingly important. This comprehensive professional reference and text presents crucial knowledge for anyone who provides direct psychological services or consultation to military, law enforcement, or intelligence personnel, or who works to enhance operational readiness. Expert contributors describe the ins and outs of working within the military system and offer guidelines for effective, ethical practice. Among the clinical applications discussed are fitness-for-duty evaluations, suicide risk assessment and prevention, substance abuse treatment, and brief psychotherapy. Operational applications include such topics as combat stress, survival training, hostage negotiation, and understanding terrorist motivation.

This book examines the intermediate level of mental health services with a focus on partial hospitalization program (PHP) and intensive outpatient program (IOP) models of care for youth. It reviews the history of PHPs and IOPs and highlights their current care models, demonstrating the increase in the development and implementation of evidence-based treatment (EBT) practices. The book explores issues relating to program development, implementation, and considerations for sustainability. It provides interventions designed to enhance the well-being of youth who are experiencing a range of mental health concerns as well as strategies to engage and involve their families. In addition, the book offers feasible strategies for measuring outcomes and applying these results to meaningful clinical evaluations in PHP and IOP settings. It describes the process of accessing and using these intermediate services as well as additional treatment resources that may be necessary in the continuum of mental health care for youth. Key areas of coverage include: The history and purpose of mental health care and the role of day treatment programs for youth. Working with program administration and other stakeholders, identifying a patient population, and engaging community and referral sources. The importance of family involvement, coordination of care, and simultaneously addressing the transactional relationship between physical and mental health. Transitioning youth from pediatric mental health services into the adult mental health system. Working with a diverse patient population in intermediate treatment programs. Providing practical information for families and practitioners navigating the pediatric mental health continuum of care. The Handbook of Evidence-Based Day Treatment Programs for Children and Adolescents is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, course instructors, and other professionals in child and adolescent psychiatry, clinical child and school psychology, social work, counseling, public health, family studies, developmental psychology, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.

Mental status examination is a description of the patient’s appearance, speech, actions & thoughts during the interview. It is a systematic format for recording finding about, thinking & behaviour patient history remains stable, where the mental status can change daily or hours. DEFINITION: A mental status examination is an assessment of a patient’s level of cognitive (knowledge-related) ability, appearance, emotional mood, &speech, thought patterns at the time of evaluation.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric** Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner's Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse's three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market. - UNIQUE! Practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management. - UNIQUE! Norm's Notes offer personal, helpful tips from Norman Keltner — an expert educator and the book's erstwhile author — in each chapter. - UNIQUE! Putting It All Together summaries are provided at the end of each psychopathology chapter. - DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with new ICNP content. - Nursing care plans highlight the nurse's role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders. - Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies. - Critical thinking questions help you develop clinical reasoning skills. - Family Issues boxes highlight the issues that families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness. - Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families. - Learning resources on the Evolve website include lecture slides, psychotropic drug monographs, and NCLEX® exam-style review questions. - NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies and NGN item types are included for five of the major mental health disorders, allowing you to apply clinical judgment skills. - NEW! Updated Clinical Examples discuss real-world situations relating to mental health. - NEW! COVID-19 resources and research includes information relevant to psychiatric nursing care. - NEW! International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) nursing diagnoses, from the International Council of Nurses, include straightforward, evidence-based terminology that is easily translatable across settings and disciplines.