The book titled Basic Psychology is quite comprehensive as it deals with all the important aspects of general psychology and human behaviour in a very simple and readable form. The author has succeeded in including some thoughts and ideas of modern psychologists. The content is presented with utmost clarity and thoroughness. The illustrations and drawings will sustain the interest of the students. It will be a very valuable text book for nursing students as there are adequate explanations and thought provoking discussions. The summary and quiz in each chapter will be very helpful for the students to facilitate learning process and develop good study habits.

This book is based on the INC-prescribed syllabus for B.Sc. Nursing students. It is also of great use to the undergraduate students of diploma in nursing (GNM) and physiology physiotherapy (BPT). As the nursing students are beginners in psychology, this text helps them understand the concepts in a very simple, easy-to-understand manner, suitable for the undergraduate level.1. Fully covers the syllabus prescribed by the INC2. Covers all the essential concepts of psychology, such as learning, intelligence, memory, personality, emotions, etc.3. Content is richly supported by many student-friendly features:a. Learning Objectives: Readies the learner for what he or she is going to learn from the chapter b. Key Terms: Give Provide additional insight to the learner about the inner contents of the chapterc. Multiple Choice Questions: Help the learner enjoy revising the chapter content by solving the short MCQsd. Short and Long Answer Questions: Based on the actual questions appearing in the university exams, tothey help the learner map his or her readiness against the actual questions appearing in the examination - Thoroughly revised, updated content as recommended by the panel of reviewers, the best authorities on the subject. - The subject content has been developed, refined and restructured at several points: - Chapter on Mental Health and Hygiene has been elaborated with the classification of mental disorder. - In chapter on Developmental Psychology, stages of human development have been elaborated with three domains of development. - The concept of attitude was explained and discussed as separate a chapter. - Application of psychology in nursing has been added to each chapter by the coauthor, an experienced nursing faculty member.

Psychology is both an applied and academic field that studies the human mental processes and behaviour. The present book comprehensively deals with the appropriate areas of Psychology to help the students of Nursing and other healthcare courses gain an insight of the subject. The text begins with the evolution and history of Psychology and its branches, and moves on to the methods adopted by the contemporary psychologists in mapping the human brain. It focuses on the applications of psychology in performance enhancement and self-help. Psychological aspects like perception, learning, emotion, aptitude and intelligence are further exemplified and elucidated in this book with the clinical problems associated with them. The book also deals with the common health problems associated with stress—the bane of modern existence—and provides solutions to cope with those problems. The modern day issues like lifestyle illness and attitudinal problems are also addressed in this book. In the second edition, a new chapter namely, ‘Importance and Impact of Psychology for Nursing Profession’ has been introduced, which facilitates the nurses to adapt to the changing demand of the profession seamlessly. Furthermore, in this edition, the narrative has been revised in general with added commentary and pictorial representations to make the text illustrative and engaging.

With the increasing scope for and complexity of nursing care there is a great demand for competent nurse practitioners in all-clinical settings. The practicing nurse today is expected to make quick nursing diagnosis following accurate assessment in order to provide competent and holistic nursing care to clients. This pocket sized hand book is prepared to provide student/practicing nurse with a ready reference to assist with collection of subjective and objective client data. It is intended to remind them of information needed when assessing the client including normal and abnormal findings. Illustrations, highlights, tables, and charts are clearly presented so that they are not easily forgotten.

Essentials of Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing I & II is precisely written comprehensive textbook as per revised Indian Nursing Council (INC) syllabus for Undergraduate Nursing students. It also serves a useful reference text for general nursing and midwifery students, postgraduate nursing students and other health professionals. This book is an effort to outline common psychiatric conditions and procedures practiced in clinical situation.Salient Features• Simple and Friendly Content: This edition includes information on different psychiatric disorders, clinical manifestations and diagnostic approaches in simple and friendly manner incorporating their application to clinical practice• Comprehensive Presentation: The illustrative and lucid text is organized in step-by-step manner to hold the attention of students and enhance learning• Clinical Examples: The book contains examples from routine clinical scenarios, making it more attention-grabbing to read and understand to students• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): A set of approximately 225 multiple-choice questions included, placed at the end of each chapter. These MCQs will be helpful in preparing for final exam and for entrance examinations, especially, MSc N, and Ph D nursing programs• Nursing Care Plan: Common and major psychiatric disorders are supplemented with nursing care plans. It can be beneficial and used as ready reference templates by nursing students to plan and write nursing care plan in clinical settingNew to this Edition• OSCE for practical exams to helps prepare for practical exams during final exams• Mental health assessment tools to make the screening and assessment of common psychiatric conditions easier for the students• Nursing procedures to make the text more applied and clinical oriented• Elective modules as per the revised syllabus prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council for undergraduate nursing students• Updated text, latest and concise information on revised content of the syllabus in psychiatry nursing• Online ancillaries of important topics provided• Revised and updated box, tables, figures for more interesting and joyful teaching-learning