Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice

by Kathleen Wheeler (Editor)

The leading textbook on psychotherapy for advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students Award-winning and highly lauded, Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse is a how-to compendium of evidence-based approaches for both new and experienced advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students. This expanded third edition includes a revised framework for practice based on new theory and research on attachment and neurophysiology. It advises the reader on when and how to use techniques germane to various evidence-based psychotherapy approaches for the specific client problems encountered in clinical practice. This textbook guides the reader in accurate assessment through a comprehensive understanding of development and the application of neuroscience to make sense of what is happening for the patient in treatment. Contributed by leaders in the field, chapters integrate the best evidence-based approaches into a relationship-based framework and provides helpful patient-management strategies, from the first contact through termination. This gold-standard textbook and reference honors the heritage of psychiatric nursing, reaffirms the centrality of relationship for psychiatric advanced practice, and celebrates the excellence, vitality, depth, and breadth of knowledge of the specialty. New to This Key

896 pages, Paperback

First published November 6, 2007

Reviews

[David Rope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written reference on multiple treatments for psychotherapy. provides a good survey of best treatments for different psychological conditions.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I spurned this book during school, but now that I'm studying for the boards I find that it is worthwhile, and contains a lot of the info that we went over in the review class I took. Simplistic, but therefore perfect for studying for a standardized test.