• Text Box: Vital information on selected topics is structured in text boxes. Brief, concise and lucid summary on key topics facilitate ease of learning.






• Clinical Experts: The editor have managed to persuade clinical experts to give their insight in writing common reported psychiatric disorders, making this a comprehensive psychiatry text.






• Practical Examples: The book contains examples from routine clinical scenarios, making it more attention-grabbing to read and understand to readers.






• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): A set of multiple-choice questions included, placed at the end of each chapter. These will be helpful for students and can be used as a quick revision tools during examination.






• Appendices: An entire section of common psychiatric nursing procedures has been added, making this a more comprehensive to read.






• Nursing Care Plan: Common and major psychiatric disorders are supplemented with nursing care plans. It can be beneficial and used as ready reference templets by nursing students to plan and write nursing care plan in clinical setting.






• Updated Text: Text book contains recent updates and trends in psychiatry, making reader to aware of current change in the field.

The book is precisely written textbook as per Indian Nursing Council (INC) syllabus for Undergraduate Nursing students. It also useful as reference guide for diploma, postgraduate nursing students and other psychiatric health professionals. The book is an excellent effort by author to outline common psychiatric conditions and procedures practiced in clinical situation.