psychiatric nursing Archives

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.

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

Delirium

Delirium is an acute and reversible condition that often occurs as a result of an underlying medical condition, substance intoxication or withdrawal, or medication side effects.