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Description

Here�s an evidence-based, holistic approach to caring for psychiatric and mental health patients in outpatient settings. You�ll journey through the development of the brain across the lifespan�from the days of conception�through the factors that may impair brain functioning�to coverage of psychiatric disorders and their treatments. Using a biopsychosocial model, you�ll examine mental health issues through stabilization of brain chemistry, individualized psychotherapy, and re-socialization into the community.For each psychiatric disorder, in-depth coverage encompasses epidemiology, etiology, biological basis, clinical presentation of adults, older adults, and children, co-morbidities, differential diagnosis, and treatment as well as the interventions and �Levers of Change� used to aid patients in their recovery, as well preventative interventions. You�ll also have coverage of the mental health disorders associated with military service.Typham this is the title: Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing: A Biopsychosocial Foundation for Practice 1st Edition