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Diploma in Registered Nursing Mental Health & Psychiatry
Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing: Concepts, Principles, Terminologies, Contributing Factors and the ICD Classification
The concepts-and-principles module of psychiatric nursing, opening with the historical development of psychiatry in Kenya and the terminologies used in mental health nursing. It then sets out the family and social factors that contribute to mental illness, the intrinsic and extrinsic predisposing factors including chromosomal aberrations, recognising signs and symptoms, the ICD classification of mental illness, the legal aspects of care and the principles of psychiatric nursing.
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