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PsychNotes: Clinical Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition

By Darlene D. Pedersen, MSN, APRN, PMHCNS, BC, PsychOptions, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1853-4
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1853-0

234 pp. 3 ill. Soft cover, spiral binding.  ©2008  Available now. $25.95

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Student Resources featuring information not found in the book—more than 50 drug monographs, the most recent NANDA Diagnoses, and regular updates.

“The author should be commended for covering key mental health clinical features in this small easy to carry pocket guide. This will be valuable and extremely useful…as a quick reference guide in the clinical setting.”—Jayalakshmi Jambunathan, PhD, MSN, MA, BSN, BSc, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, for Doody Enterprises, review of 1st Edition.

This handy pocket guide delivers quick access to need-to-know information on basic behavioral theories, key aspects of psychiatric and crisis interventions, mental status assessments and exams, mental health history and assessment tools, and more.

The 1st Edition was an AJN Book of the Year award winner. Completely revised and thoroughly updated, the 2nd Edition delivers even more resources and tools. And, readers will continue to find all of the features that make the Davis’s Notes series so popular.

Whats New?
  • New Rating Scales in the Assess Tab, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Depression-Arkansas Scale.
  • New Disorders in the Disorders/Interventions Tab including Somatoform Disorders, with a table for Somatization Disorder.
  • New Drugs A-Z Tab for quick reference to almost 60 psychotropic drugs with expanded information.
  • New Intervention content on Emerging Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Depression.
  • New Terrorism/Disasters coverage under the Crisis Tab.
  • New Indexes for each Tab, with entries listed alphabetically with page numbers for easy look up.

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Key Features
  • Basic behavioral theories at a glance.
  • Key aspects of psych and crisis interventions.
  • General mental status assessments and exams, with focused assessments for adult and geriatric populations.
  • Essential information on psychotropic drugs.
  • Client/Family education tables, tips and strategies.
  • Cultural considerations and assessment tool.
  • Reusable mental health history and assessment tool, multiaxial assessment, cage, and many others.
  • Clinical pearls throughout to provide practical on-the-spot advice.
  • HIPAA-compliant, wipe-free, waterproof, reusable patient assessment tools and worksheets.

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Table of Contents
 

Tab 1    Basics
Tab 2    Assess
Tab 3    Disorders/Interventions
Tab 4    Drugs/Labs
Tab 5    Drugs A-Z
Tab 6    Crisis
Tab 7    Geri
Tab 8    Tools


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