Mental Health Notes
Mental Health Notes
Therapeutic communication, disorders, safety and care
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- ✅ 115 NCLEX-style Qs
- 🧠 25 memory tricks
- 🎨 27 figures
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From the practice exam (question 5) · straight from the book
Mr. Kim, on haloperidol, has a temperature of 104°F (40°C), rigid muscles and confusion. What is the nurse's first action?
Why: High fever, rigidity and confusion on an antipsychotic = NMS. Stop the drug and get help; benztropine treats EPS, not NMS.
Notes that make it click
- ✔Therapeutic vs nontherapeutic communication tables with real example replies, so you can pick the best response
- ✔Psych meds with side effects and nursing actions: antidepressants, MAOIs, lithium, antipsychotics and clozapine
- ✔Look-alike tables: delirium vs dementia vs depression, NMS vs serotonin syndrome, anorexia vs bulimia vs binge eating
- ✔Suicide safety, de-escalation, restraints and patient rights explained in plain words
- ✔25 memory tricks and 26 NCLEX alerts that make high-yield facts stick
- ✔115 NCLEX-style questions with rationales, including SATA and priority
Everything you'll study
1Foundations: Communication, Milieu & Legal Rightspp. 5–13
Mental status exam · Therapeutic communication · Peplau · Milieu · Defense mechanisms · Rights · Restraints
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
2Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorderspp. 14–22
Anxiety levels · GAD · Panic & phobias · OCD · PTSD · Somatic disorders · Anxiety meds · CBT
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
3Depression, Bipolar Disorder & Suicide Safetypp. 23–33
Depression · Antidepressants & MAOIs · ECT, TMS & esketamine · Bipolar & mania · Lithium · Suicide safety · 988
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
4Schizophrenia & Psychosispp. 34–42
Positive, negative & cognitive symptoms · Hallucinations · Antipsychotics · EPS, NMS & metabolic risk · Clozapine
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
5Personality Disorderspp. 43–49
Clusters A, B & C · Borderline & splitting · Antisocial · Narcissistic & histrionic · Cluster C · Limits & team approach
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
6Substance Use & Withdrawalpp. 50–58
Tolerance vs dependence · Screening & stages of change · Alcohol withdrawal & CIWA · Opioids, naloxone & MAT · Other drugs
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
7Eating Disorderspp. 59–65
Anorexia vs bulimia vs binge eating · Medical complications & why · Refeeding syndrome · Meal support · Therapy
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
8Cognitive Disorders & Child/Teen Mental Healthpp. 66–74
Delirium vs dementia vs depression · Alzheimer’s care · ADHD · Autism · ODD vs conduct · Teen depression · Tourette
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
9Crisis, Violence, Abuse & Griefpp. 75–83
Crisis intervention · De-escalation · Partner violence · Child & elder abuse · Sexual assault care · Grief · Disasters
+ 10 NCLEX-style questions with rationales
10Final Review & Practice Exampp. 84–96
Master cheat sheet: psych meds, emergencies, communication, legal, priorities · 25-question practice exam with rationales
+ 25-question practice exam
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- ✅ Nursing students taking Psych or Mental Health (ADN, BSN, LPN/LVN)
- ✅ NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN candidates who need a fast psych review
- ✅ New grads who want a quick refresher before a behavioral health shift
- ✅ Visual learners who remember pictures better than paragraphs
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Full product description
Know what to say, what to watch for and who to protect first, the way psych exam questions are written.
Mental Health Notes is a 96-page, full-color study guide in Handwritten Style Notes: plain-English explanations, color-coded disorder cards, memory tricks and sticky-note clinical pearls, written for US nursing programs. Get it as an instant PDF, a printed paperback, or both.
What's inside
- 10 chapters, from therapeutic communication and legal rights to crisis, abuse and grief
- Therapeutic communication tables with example nurse replies, plus the nontherapeutic replies to avoid and why
- Disorder cards for anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, substance use, eating disorders and more
- Psych meds made clear: antidepressants and MAOIs, lithium, antipsychotics, EPS, NMS and serotonin syndrome
- 25 memory tricks, 26 NCLEX alerts and 27 colorful figures, from the least restrictive ladder to the alcohol withdrawal timeline
- 115 NCLEX-style questions: 10 after every chapter plus a 25-question practice exam, including SATA and priority questions, with an explanation for every answer
- 3 master cheat sheets (psych meds, emergencies and communication, legal and priorities), Last-Minute Review Boards, a study tracker and a topic index
Chapters
- Foundations: Communication, Milieu & Legal Rights
- Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
- Depression, Bipolar Disorder & Suicide Safety
- Schizophrenia & Psychosis
- Personality Disorders
- Substance Use & Withdrawal
- Eating Disorders
- Cognitive Disorders & Child/Teen Mental Health
- Crisis, Violence, Abuse & Grief
- Final Review & Practice Exam
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Nursing students taking Psych or Mental Health (ADN, BSN, LPN/LVN), NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN candidates who need a fast psych review, and new grads who want a quick refresher.
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