The Nursing Process
Chapter 1. The Nursing Process The time-tested nursing process continues to guide nurses and other disciplines in clinical practice. The nursing process, in theory, is a multistep problem-solving method in…
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Chapter 11. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Human sexuality encompasses biologic, psychologic, and psychosocial characteristics that define the female and male. Sexuality has been researched, defined, and described for decades….
Eating Disorders
Chapter 10. Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious and potentially life-threatening when interventions are nonexistent, delayed, or unsuccessful. In the 1970s, eating disorders began to receive closer public and clinical…
Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders
Chapter 8. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders Dementia, delirium, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders are biologic illnesses with two defining characteristics in common. The first characteristic is…
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 4. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia is one of the most severe and persistent and debilitating of all the mental disorders. It is a psychotic disorder, characterized by…
Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 9. Substance-Related Disorders The term substances in medical terms denotes chemically active agents that may enter the body through one or more of several routes (ingested, injected, inhaled, absorbed)…
Adjustment Disorders
Chapter 5. Adjustment Disorders Adjustment disorders represent a group of diagnostic categories that describe a maladaptive reaction to clearly identifiable stressful events or situations. Stressors may be categorized as follows:…
Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
Chapter 7. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence Childhood and adolescence are more dynamic than any other human developmental period and are characterized by continual change, transition, and reorganization. “Normal”…
