Mental Disorders and Nursing Interventions

Unit Number - 5 of Mental Health Nursing
learning Objectives - List various mental disorders and describe their mental and psychiatric and nursing management.
Hours - 25
Teaching and Learning Activities - Lecture cum discussions Case study Case Presentation Process recording Videos Role plays Field visitsDe-addiction centers, Alcohol Anonyms group, Adolescent clinics, Child guidance centers etc
Assessment Methods - Short answers Essay types Case Study Case Presentation

Content of the chapter

a) Psycho-Pathophysiology of human behavior
b) Etiological theories (genetics, biochemical,
psychological etc)
c) Classification of mental disorders.
d) Disorders of thought, motor activity,
perception, mood, speech, memory,
concentration, judgment
e) Prevalence, etiology, signs and symptoms,
prognosis, medical and Nursing
management
f) Personality & types of personality related to
psychiatric disorder
g) Organic mental disorders: Delirium,
Dementia
f) Psychotic disorders:

  • Schizophrenic disorders
  • Mood (affective) disorders: Mania
    depression, Bipolar affective
    disorders(BPAD)
    h) Neurotic disorders: Phobia, anxiety
    disorders,obsessive compulsive disorders,
    depressive neurosis, conversion disorders,
    dissociative reaction, psychosomatic
    disorders, post traumatic stress disorder
    i) Substance use and de-addiction: alcohol,
    tobacco and other psychoactive substance
    j) Child and adolescent psychiatric disorder;
  • Sleep disorder
  • Eating disorders
  • Sexual disorders
    k) Nursing Management: Nursing process and
    process recording in caring for patients with
    various psychiatric disorders