Textbook of Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 2

The purpose of the book is to provide the student with comprehensive information regarding each aspect of care, including the theoretical frameworks, principles, standards, legal aspects and ethics involved in providing mental health nursing services. Documentation is also given its due importance.

The book also focuses on the role of the nurse in every aspect of care: care from assessment to discharge, nurse's role in therapies used in psychiatry, community care, and care in terms of prevention and rehabilitation. I have tried to include the Indian statistics of the problems discussed.

This book also focuses on organic conditions and childhood disorders. Contemporary therapies are also included.

The end of each chapter has review questions which also include clinical exercises to make learning more effective using the Teaming by doing' method. Due to the constraint of space, some topics have been put up on the website (clinicallearning.com), which can be accessed by the students who are interested in knowing more.