Nursing Notes and Study Guides for Student Nurses

Psychosocial Theories

Many theories attempt to explain human behavior, health, and mental illness. Each theory suggests how normal development occurs based on the theorist's beliefs. assumptions, and view of the world.

Psychiatric Nursing

Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing

This is an overview of the history of mental illness, advances in treatment, current issues in mental health, and the role of the psychiatric nurse.

Psychiatric Nursing

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilias, and Gender Dysphoria

Sexual disorders, also known as sexual dysfunctions, are a group of conditions that involve difficulties or disruptions in one or more aspects of sexual function, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Psychiatric Nursing

Defense Mechanisms

Defense mechanisms are innate psychological processes that serve as coping mechanisms to protect individuals from emotional distress and reduce anxiety.

Psychiatric Nursing

Substance abuse refers to the harmful or excessive use of psychoactive substances, such as drugs or alcohol, that can result in negative consequences for the individual's physical health, mental well-being, and overall life functioning.

Psychiatric Nursing

Eating Disorders: Anorexia & Bulimia Nervosa

Eating disorders can be viewed on a continuum, with clients with anorexia nervosa eating too little or starving themselves, client with bulimia eating chaotically, and clients with obesity eating too much.

Psychiatric Nursing

Amnestic Disorders

Amnestic disorder is a type of cognitive disorder characterized by significant memory impairment, affecting an individual's ability to learn new information or recall previously learned facts and experiences.

Psychiatric Nursing

Somatoform Disorders

Somatoform disorders are characterized by physical symptoms suggesting medical disease but without demonstrable organic pathology or a known pathophysiological mechanism to account for them.