A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

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This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an underlying commonality among them. A nurse dealing with such patients needs to do more than medicate them; the writer argues that successful treatment involves developing nurse-taught teaching plans and coping skills that involve both the patients and their families; and other measures. There are 14 sources listed in the bibliography.