Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis of Adults for Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses

This text provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to psychiatric mental health assessment and diagnosis in advanced nursing practice.

Taking a clinical, case-based approach, this textbook is designed to support graduate nursing students who are studying psychiatric mental health nursing as they develop their reasoning and decision-making skills. It presents:

• therapeutic communication and psychiatric interviewing techniques, alongside basic psychiatric terminologies;
• the major psychiatric diagnoses, drawing on the DSM-5;
• a step-by-step guide to conducting a comprehensive psychiatric mental health assessment;
• case examples demonstrating assessment across major psychopathologies; good practice for conducting mental health evaluations.

This is an essential text for all those undertaking Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs and a valuable reference for advanced practice nurses in clinical practice.