Psychiatric Nursing: Promoting Mental Health

by Ann Wolbert Burgess (Editor)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Textbook on mental health care, for undergraduate nursing students. Discusses the use of neurobiological, behavioral, and social science theories and research in patient care. 33 contributors, 32 U.S. Mental Disorders - nursing.

856 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 1997

About the author

Ann Wolbert Burgess, D.N.Sc., APRN, FAAN, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. She has received numerous honors including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. Her courtroom testimony has been described as “groundbreaking,” and she has been called a “nursing pathfinder.”