Psychology and Psychiatry in a Nutshell

Basic Knowledge for Nursing and Healthcare Professions

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Why do people do what they do, and what goes on inside them? To answer this question, psychological knowledge is presented in an understandable way and applied to everyday care situations. The most important psychiatric disorders are described in striking cases and summarized with regard to symptoms, causes, course, and treatment. The peculiarities of mental disorders in old age are also discussed, as are the burdens and opportunities in nursing professions. From the content Part I:

  • Psychology
  • The study of behavior and experience
  • Cognitive processes: Perception and attribution
  • Learning processes
  • Motivation and emotion
  • Cognitive processes and motivation
  • Social processes
  • Stress and coping with burdens

Part II:

  • Psychiatry
  • Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  • Dementia and delirium
  • Affective disorders: depression and mania
  • Schizophrenia and paranoia
  • Addiction
  • Neurotic and somatoform disorders

Psychology and Psychiatry in a Nutshell

Basic Knowledge for Nursing and Healthcare Professions
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ISBN-13: 9783456855769

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    Format: Softcover

    Author(s): Kaufmann-Mall, Klaus

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    Publication Date: 08/08/2016

    Edition: 1st Edition 2016

    Pages: 400

    Illustrations: 48 illustrations, color, 18 tables, color

    Description

    Why do people do what they do, and what goes on inside them? To answer this question, psychological knowledge is presented in an understandable way and applied to everyday care situations. The most important psychiatric disorders are described in striking cases and summarized with regard to symptoms, causes, course, and treatment. The peculiarities of mental disorders in old age are also discussed, as are the burdens and opportunities in nursing professions. From the content Part I:

    • Psychology
    • The study of behavior and experience
    • Cognitive processes: Perception and attribution
    • Learning processes
    • Motivation and emotion
    • Cognitive processes and motivation
    • Social processes
    • Stress and coping with burdens

    Part II:

    • Psychiatry
    • Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    • Dementia and delirium
    • Affective disorders: depression and mania
    • Schizophrenia and paranoia
    • Addiction
    • Neurotic and somatoform disorders

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