Psychiatric Nursing (Notes)

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specialises in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress.

Alcohol Abuse

Anorexia Nervosa

Anxiety

Behavior Modification

Bipolar and Unipolar Comparison

Bipolar Disorder

Bulimia Nervosa

Cognitive Disorders

Crisis Intervention

Defense Mechanisms

Developmental Theories

Eating Disorders

Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood

General Nursing Interventions for the Mental Health Client

Gestalt Therapy

Group Therapy

Human Growth and Development

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Johari Window

Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Korsakoff’s Syndrome (Korsakoff’s Psychosis)

Kubler-Ross Stages of Dying / Grief

Major Depressive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Paraphilias

Personality Disorders

Phobias

Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment

Reality Therapy

Restraint Application

Schizophrenia

Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory of Human Development

Somatoform Disorders

Suicide

Therapeutic and Non-Therapeutic Communication

Therapeutic Community ( Milieu Therapy)

Therapeutic Therapy

Three Phases of Nurse-Client Relationship

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy