This text provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to psychiatric mental health assessment and diagnosis in advanced nursing practice.

Taking a clinical, case-based approach, this textbook is designed to support graduate nursing students who are studying psychiatric mental health nursing as they develop their reasoning and decision-making skills. It presents:

• Therapeutic communication and psychiatric interviewing techniques, alongside basic psychiatric terminologies.
• The major psychiatric diagnoses, drawing on the DSM-5.
• A step-by-step guide to conducting a comprehensive psychiatric mental health assessment.
• Case examples demonstrating assessment across major psychopathologies.
• Good practice for conducting mental health evaluations.

This is an essential text for all those undertaking psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs and a valuable reference for advanced practice nurses in clinical practice.