Product Review

• Index of Client Behaviors with page numbers listed on inside covers.


• Concept Mapping and the use of Concept Care Map Plans introduced in Chapter 1.


• Organized by DSM-5 and NANDA diagnoses.


• Nursing diagnoses and interventions include the definition, possible etiologies ("Related to ..."), defining characteristics ("Evidenced by ..."), objectives broken down to show long- and short-term goals, interventions with selected rationales, and desired patient outcomes/discharge criteria.


• Each psychiatric disorder lists background assessment data, predisposing factors, symptomatology, and nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions commonly associated with the disorder.


• Unit on psychotropic drug classifications covers anti-anxiety agents, antidepressants, mood stabilizing agents, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedative hypnotics, and agents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.


• Indications, route, and dosage listed for individual drugs as well as for classifications.


• Communication interventions in the care plans reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.


• Clinical Pearl boxes highlight must-know information and interventions for diagnoses.


• Helpful rating scales appear in the appendices, including the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.