Author Description

This fifth edition of Psychiatric Nursing continues to set the standard for psychiatric mental health nursing practice established with the publication of its first edition in 1979. The authors have written this book with three points in mind: These are complex and changing times in our field of knowledge and practice; psychiatric mental health nurses must be prepared with critical thinking and clinical judgment skills to address clients with dual diagnoses and comorbidities, and to work effectively in community-based as well as hospital settings; and comprehensive and contemporary theory and processes are best learned when presented in a clear, clinically relevant style.