Textbook of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing contains clear, simple and easy-to-understand description of basic psychiatric and mental health nursing concepts, terminologies, various disorders and psychiatric?mental health nursing skills. It has been written to meet requirements of the competency-based curriculum outlined by the Indian Nursing Council in the recently revised B.Sc. Nursing syllabus. The book not only provides a comprehensive orientation but also prepares the student for advanced academic programs in this specialty of nursing.