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UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY1. Mental Health and Mental Illness2. Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice3. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment

UNIT TWO: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE4. Settings for Psychiatric Care5. Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing6. Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice

UNIT THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TOOLS7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing8. Therapeutic Relationships9. Communication and the Clinical Interview10. Understanding and Managing Responses to Stress

UNIT FOUR: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders12. Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders13. Bipolar and Related Disorders14. Depressive Disorders15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders16. Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders17. Somatic Symptom Disorders18. Feeding, Eating, and Elimination Disorders19. Sleep-Wake Disorders20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias21. Impulse Control Disorders22. Substance Related and Addictive Disorders23. Neurocognitive Disorders24. Personality Disorders25. Suicide

UNIT FIVE: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS26. Crisis and Disaster27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence29. Sexual Assault

UNIT SIX: INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS30. Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult31. Serious Mental Illness32. Forensic Psychiatric Nursing

UNIT SEVEN: OTHER INTERVENTION MODALITIES33. Therapeutic Groups34. Family Interventions35. Integrative Care