The book provides a clear and comprehensive discussion of mental disorders and psychiatric nursing. The book discusses all the important areas of psychiatric nursing with clarity. Areas such as major diagnostic classification, communication skills, various types of behaviour problems in psychiatric patients with suggestions of dealing with them, and the common treatment modalities are all very efficiently dealt with. Targeted mainly for BSc Nursing Students, this book has been written keeping in mind the goal of preparing a well rounded graduate nurse who can apply the knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and psychiatric disorders in the prevention of mental illness, promotion of mental health and care of the mentally ill.