Mental Health Nursing is a textbook for students pursuing a diploma or undergraduate degree in nursing. The text provides comprehensive information on psychiatric nursing. It addresses the fundamental psychiatric nursing principles and their application to various psychiatric disorders. The section on treatment modalities covers various somatic and psychological therapies. The book goes on to address the complete continuum of care including crisis intervention, promotion of health and prevention of illness, and psychiatric rehabilitation. The focus is on the management of psychiatric emergencies and community-based treatment programmes. Practising nurses will also find this book useful as a reference.