사람이 한 번도 가보지 않는 곳을 가려고 할 때 필요한 것이 지도입니다.
목적지는 알지만 어떻게 가야할 지 모를 때 지도를 펴놓고 갈 곳을 점검하면서 연구하게 됩니
다. NCLEX-RN으로 가는 길도 마찬가지 일 것입니다. 이런 이유로 서울여자간호대학의 국제교류 지원 센터내 NCLEX-RN 교육원에서는 미국간호사 면허를 준비하는 분들에게 조금이나마 도움이 되고자 가장 최근의 정보를 담은 국내 실정에 맞고 반드시 알아야 할 기초개념을 위주로 한 도서를 집필하였습니다.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 7
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS 7
Types of Mental Health Admissions and Discharges 7
The Nurse-Client Relationship 9
MENTAL STATUS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTAL 9
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION PROCESS 14
THERAPY 17
Environmental Therapy 17
Group Therapy 17
Family therapy 18
Psychotropic Drugs 18
_ Antipsychotic Drugs 19
_ Antiparkinson Drugs (Antidskinetics) 20
_ Anxiolytic (Antianxiety) Drugs 21
_ Antidepressant Drugs 21
_ Mood Stabilizers (Antimanic Drugs) 23
General Nursing Responsibilities for Administering Psychoactive Drugs 23
TREATMENT MODALITIES 24
Energetic Psychotherapies 24
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) 24
Behavior Modification 25
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 26
Anxiety 26
_ Defense Mechanisms 27
Anxiety Disorders 30
_ Generalized Anxiety Disorder(GAD) 30
_ Panic Disorder 30
_ Phobic Disorders 30
_ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 30
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 31
Somatoform Disorders 32
_ Psychosomatic Disorders 32
_ Conversion Disorder 33
_ Hypochondriasis 33
Eating Disorders 34
_ Anorexia Nervosa 34
_ Bulimia 35 Sleep Disorders 35
Dissociative Disorders 36
Personality Disorders 37
_ Nursing Interventions for Manipulative Behavior 37
_ Nursing Interventions for Paranoid Personality Disorder 39
Mood (Affective) Disorders 40
_ Bipolar Affective Disorders 40
_ Depressive Disorders 41
_ Suicide 43
Substance-Related Disorders 44
_ Alcohol Abuse 44
_ Substance Dependence 46
Cognitive Impairment Disorders 48
_ Delirium 48
_ Dementia 49
_ Types of Degenerative Conditions 50
Schizophrenic Disorders 53
Schizoaffective Disorder 57
Child Psychiatric Conditions 57
_ Pervasive Development Disorders 57
_ Adolescent Adjustment Problems 58
Failure to Thrive 60
Child Abuse 61
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) 62
Learning Disorders 63
Autism 63
Asperger ’s Syndrome (Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified [PDD-NOS]) 64
Depression 64
DEATH AND CHILDREN 65
Domestic Violence 65
Crisis Intervention 66
Rape Trauma Syndrome 67