Textbook of mental health nursing. Volume 1 (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dorothy D. Theodore.
• Authors: Theodore, Dorothy D
• Contents: Front cover; Front matter; Textbook of mental health nursing; Copyright; Foreword I; Foreword II; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Table of contents; I Concepts and theories; 1 Concepts of mental health and mental illness; Introduction; Historic perspectives regarding normality; Functional perspective; Psychoanalyst theories of normality; The life cycle theory; Mental health; Definition; Characteristics of a mentally healthy individual; Who (2001); American mental health counsellors' association (2011); Mental illness; Definition; Characteristics of a mentally ill person. Mental health and illness continuumFactors along the life span affecting mental health; Prenatal period; Factors affecting mental health (fig. 1.7); Toddler; Factors affecting mental health during this period (fig. 1.8); Preschool period; School age period; Factors influencing the mental health during the preschool and school age periods (fig. 1.9); Adolescence; Factors affecting mental health during adolescence (fig. 1.10); Adulthood; Early adulthood; Factors influencing mental health during early adulthood; Middle adulthood; Factors affecting mental well-being during middle adulthood. Late adulthood (old age)Factors affecting the mental health during late adulthood; Conclusion; Review questions; Long-answer questions; Short-answer questions; Short notes; Fill in the blanks; State true or false; Bibliography; Assertiveness training; Introduction; Definition; Assertiveness training; Goal of assertiveness training; History of assertiveness training; Assumptions related to assertiveness training; Traditional assumptions that prevent assertive behaviour; Assertive rights; Advantages of assertive training; Basic interpersonal styles; Components of assertiveness training. Body languageExercise; Communication; Assertive communication; Steps in assertive behaviour; Conclusion; Bibliography; 2 Theoretical models of personality development; Introduction; Psychoanalytical theory; Structure of the personality; Contents of the mind; Stages of psychosexual development; Interpersonal theory; Major concepts; Stages of personality development; Psychosocial theory; Principles of the psychosocial theory; Stages of psychosocial development (fig. 2.5); Theory of object relations; Stages of development in the theory of object relations; Theory of cognitive development. The assumptions underlying piaget's theoryStages of cognitive development; Theory of multiple intelligences; Moral development; Psychoanalytical theory; Social learning theory; Piaget's theory; Moral realism; Autonomous morality; Kohlberg's theory (fig. 2.7); Preconventional level; Conventional level; Postconventional level-principled level; Nursing model; Stages of personality development; Stage 1-learning to count on others; Stage 2-learning to delay self-gratification; Stage 3-identifying oneself; Stage 4-developing skills of participation; Review questions; Long-answer questions.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi, India : Elsevier a division of Reed Elsevier India Private Limited
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (519 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 610.7368; Psychiatric nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Psychiatric nursing; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131237878; 8131237877
• Related ISBNs: 9788131236512
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed December 5, 2016).
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