Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing
Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Across the Lifespan
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing
Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Across the Lifespan
Kathleen Tusaie, PhD, APRN-BC
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
The only text for PMHNPs integrating psychotherapy, pharmacology, and CAM—across syndromes, settings, and the life span
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A practice-ready PMHNP text, organized by syndrome—not diagnosis—with clear strategies for comprehensive, patient-centered care. This edition includes clinical cases, treatment algorithms, and expert recommendations grounded in real-world APRN practice. Readers gain skills to integrate medication, therapy, and alternative care methods, with special focus on vulnerable populations, telehealth, and resilience building. Know, use, and test your understanding of course content with CourseConnect—an interactive learning platform included with your print purchase.
What’s New:
- Adds a new chapter on documentation to support high-quality care and continuity
- Expands coverage of telehealth and computer-assisted therapy
- Updates content to reflect the DSM-5-TR and latest Scope and Standards of Practice
- Includes new material on geropsychiatric care and abortion-related mental health
- Incorporates recent research on culturally responsive care
Key Features:
- Covers integrative psychiatric care with psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and CAM, organized by syndrome and focused across the lifespan
- Equips PMHNPs to deliver comprehensive, evidence-based care using integrative strategies that support clinical confidence and patient outcomes
- Features decision trees, clinical cases, and lifespan alerts that promote critical thinking, application, and real-world readiness
- Written by renowned psychiatric nursing leaders with decades of clinical, academic, and publishing expertise dedicated to PMHNP education and practice
- Instructor Resources include Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, a Test Bank, and more
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Contributors
Foreword to the First Edition by Grayce M. Sills, PhD, RN, FAAN
Note on the Fourth Edition
Preface
Resources
Instructor Resources
Student Resources
SECTION I. THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Development of Science, Education, and Credentialing for Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing
Chapter 2. Shared Decision-Making: Concordance Between Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Client
SECTION II. FOUNDATIONS FOR INTEGRATIVE MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE
Chapter 3. Synergy of Integrative Treatment
Chapter 4. Overview of Psychotherapy
Chapter 5. Overview of Psychopharmacology
Chapter 6. Overview of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Approaches
Chapter 7. Stages of Treatment
Chapter 8. Legal and Ethical Decision-Making
SECTION III. INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC SYNDROMES
Chapter 9. Integrative Management of Disordered Mood
Chapter 10. Integrative Management of Anxiety-Related Conditions
Chapter 11. Integrative Management of Psychotic Symptoms
Chapter 12. Integrative Management of Sleep Disturbances
Chapter 13. Integrative Management of Disordered Eating
Chapter 14. Integrative Management of Disordered Cognition
Chapter 15. Integrative Management of Disordered Impulse Control
Chapter 16. Integrative Management of Disordered Attention
Chapter 17. Integrative Management of Self-Injurious Behavior
Chapter 18. Integrative Management of Other-Directed Violence
SECTION IV. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 19. Integrative Management of Substance Use Disorders and Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders
Chapter 20. Medical Problems and Psychiatric Syndromes
Chapter 21. Integrative Management of Pregnancy During Psychiatric Syndromes
Chapter 22. Forensic Issues and Psychiatric Syndromes
Chapter 23. Telehealth
Chapter 24. LGBTQ+ Issues: Care of Sexual and Gender Minority Patients
SECTION V. MAINTAINING COMPETENCE AND QUALITY
Chapter 25. Increasing Resilience in Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurses
Chapter 26. Documentation Standards for Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurses
Chapter 27. Global Perspectives and the Future of Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing
Index
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- Transition Guide: from Third Edition to Fourth Edition
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- Release Date: March 28, 2026
- Paperback / softback
- 739 Pages
- Trim Size: 8.5in x 11in
- Number of Illustrations: 50
- ISBN: 9780826154781
- eBook ISBN: 9780826189592



















