The new edition of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing focuses on practice in mental health and psychiatric care integrating theory and the realities of practice. Mental wellness is featured as a concept, and the consideration of a range of psychosocial factors helps students contextualise mental illness and psychiatric disorders. The holistic approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client?s experience of mental illness. PART 1 Preparing for psychiatric and mental health nursing 1 The Effective Nurse Debra Jackson and Louise O?Brien 2 The Context of Practice Vicki Stanton and Barbara Tooth 3 Historical Foundations Katie Evans 4 The Australian and New Zealand politico-legal context Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Anthony O?Brien and Timothy Wand 5 Professional and ethical issues Anthony O?Brien, Phillip Maude and Eimear Muir-Cochrane PART 2 Mental health and wellness 6 Mental Health in Australia and New Zealand Pat Bradley and Ruth De Souza 7 Indigenous Mental Health Deanne Hellsten and Hineroa Hakiaha 8 Theories on Mental Health and Illness Patricia Barkway 9 Mental Health Across the Lifespan Debra Nizette 10 Crisis and Loss Paul Morrison 11 Assessment and Diagnosis Jan Barling PART 3 Understanding mental illness 12 Intellectual Disabilities Charles Harmon, Philip Petrie and Chris Taua 13 Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Mike Groome, Kristin Henderson 14 Disorders of Old Age Wendy Moyle 15 Schizophrenic Disorders Murray Bardwell and Richard Taylor 16 Mood Disorders Peter Athanasos 17 Personality Disorders Michelle Cleary, Jan Horsfall 18 Anxiety Disorders Katie Evans 19 Eating Disorders Gail Anderson 20 Substance-related Disorders and Dual Diagnosis Janette Curtis and Peter Athanasos 21 Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders Ruth Elder 22 Forensic Mental Health Nursing Brian McKenna and Trish Martin PART 4 Developing skills for mental health nursing 23 Settings for Mental Health Ruth Elder, Julie Sharrock, Phillip Maude, Michael Olasoji 24 The Patient as Person Kim Usher, Kim Foster 25 Therapeutic Interventions Christine Palmer 26 Psychopharmacology Kim Usher and Kim Foster