Mental Health Medicines Management for Nurses

This new edition has been updated in-line with the latest NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and continues to provide nursing students with guidance on how to manage medicines safely and effectively when treating patients with mental health conditions.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Legal and ethical aspects of medicines management in mental health
Chapter 2: The therapeutic alliance and the promotion of adherence to psychotropic medication
Chapter 3: Essential anatomy and physiology of the brain related to psychopharmacology
Chapter 4: Principles of pharmacology and medicine interactions
Chapter 5: Principles of prescribing and medicines administration
Chapter 6: Management and treatment of major depression
Chapter 7: Management and treatment of bipolar disorder
Chapter 8: Management and treatment of psychotic disorders
Chapter 9: Management and treatment of dementias
Chapter 10: Management and treatment of anxiety disorders
Chapter 11: Management and treatment of substance use disorders
Chapter 12: Adverse drug reactions and the management of medicine side effects

About the author

Stan Mutsatsa was a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at City University London.

Summary

This new edition has been updated in-line with the latest NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and continues to provide nursing students with guidance on how to manage medicines safely and effectively when treating patients with mental health conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Stan Mutsatsa, Stanley Mutsatsa, Mutsatsa Stanley
• Assisted by: Stanley Mutsatsa (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781526473615
• ISBN: 978-1-5264-7361-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series; Transforming Nursing Practice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pharmacology, Nursing specialties, Nursing pharmacology