Overview

This essential ""how-to� resource provides you with practical psychiatric nursing techniques and interventions for every step of the treatment process - from initial patient contact to discharge. You'll explore the basics of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, as well as clinically useful approaches to psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and self-psychology. This book also offers effective strategies to help you work with special patient populations, including children, adolescents, older adults, patients with a history of substance abuse, and those who have experienced trauma. A straightforward approach to psychotherapy using a holistic nursing framework. Latest findings on the neurophysiology of psychotherapy including research on attachment, therapeutic relationships, and trauma. Evidence-based research for all approaches and populations discussed. Provides treatment hierarchy for decision making in selecting strategies for treatment from the initial contact and assessment to termination. Step-by-step guide to building the nurse-patient relationship in order to achieve quality outcomes. Includes detailed instructions on therapeutic communication techniques. Detailed instructions teach you how to use the latest therapeutic communication techniques. Includes all patient populations from children to the older adult with special emphasis on working with traumatized patients. Comprehensive appendices provide quick access to helpful forms and diagnostic tools specific to psychotherapy nursing practice.

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Author:   Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, APRN-BC
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Mosby
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9780323045223

ISBN 10:   0323045227
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   06 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: GETTING STARTED 1. The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice 2. The Neurophysiology of Psychotherapy 3. The Initial Contact and Therapeutic Communication 4. Assessment and Diagnosis 5. The Frame and Working Toward Change PART II: PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACHES AND CONSIDERATIONS 6. Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy 7. Interpersonal Psychotherapy 8. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 9. Psychopharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy PART III: PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS 10. Stabilization for Trauma and Dissociation 11. Processing Trauma 12. Psychotherapy with Children 13. Psychotherapy with Older Adults PART IV: TERMINATION 14. Termination and Outcome Evaluation

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