Continuing a tradition of success preparing students for the challenges of psychiatric nursing practice, Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, 7th Edition, utilizes a recovery framework model to help nursing students identify the effect of mental health problems on their patients’ well-being and partner with them in the delivery of care and promotion of wellness.

This comprehensive approach emphasizes recovery interventions and wellness, presenting detailed coverage mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, and adolescents. Straightforward writing and a wealth of examples and explanations make complex information easy to understand, incorporating dynamic threaded case studies, clinical vignettes, patient experience videos, and other learning tools to help students confidently grasp concepts and learn to apply them to clinical scenarios.

Updated throughout, this 7th Edition reflects current issues, topics, and evidence-based research to ensure clinical readiness for today’s psychiatric mental health nursing.