Foreword; Grayce Sills .- Acknowledgements .- Introduction; H.Simpson .- PART 1: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS THEORY.- Introduction .- Interpersonal Relationships in Psychiatric Nursing Theory: The Professional Dimension .- Interpersonal Relationships: The Purpose and Characteristics of Professional Nursing .- Interpersonal Constructs for Nursing Practice.- PART 2: THERAPEUTIC MILIEU.- Introduction.- The History of Milieu as a Treatment Modality .- Psychiatric Nursing: The Nurse's Role in Preventing Chronicity.- General Application of Theory and Techniques of Psychotherapy in Nursing Situations.- Pattern Interactions Psychiatric Nursing: Role of Nurses and Psychiatric Nurses.- PART 3: THE TEACHING OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.- Introduction .- What is Experiential Teaching? Interpretation of Clinical Observations Clinical Supervision of Staff Nurses .- PART 4: PSYCHOTHERAPY Introduction.- Interpersonal Techniques: The Crux of Psychiatric Nursing .- Psychotherapeutic Strategies Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Interaction.- Investigative Counseling .- Professional Closeness Themes in Nursing Situations .- PART 5: CONCEPTS .- Introduction .- Loneliness Theoretical Constructs: Anxiety, Self, and Hallucinations .- Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia: Corrective Influence of Nursing Behavior on Language of Patients.- An Explanatory Theory of the Process of Focal Attention Process and Concept of Learning .- Editors' Summary Index.