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PRINT ISSN: 0279-3695
ONLINE ISSN: 1938-2413

The Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services is a monthly, peer-reviewed magazine for mental health nurses in clinical, academic, and research positions in a variety of community and institutional settings. The Journal provides the most up-to-date, practical information available for today's psychosocial nurse including short contributions about psychopharmacology, mental health care of older adults, and child/adolescent disorders and issues. The Journal includes clinically relevant original articles, letters to the editor, news, and product updates. As an added benefit to the Journal, each monthly issue contains a Clip & Save: Drug Chart, a one-page resource of up-to-date information on current medications for psychiatric illnesses, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, depression, and schizophrenia. Continuing Nursing Education credit articles are available.

Current Issue:

January 2012: Volume 50 · Issue 1

Table of Contents
CLIP & SAVE: DRUG CHART

New Drugs & Indications for 2011: The Year in Review

EDITORIAL

Our Readers Can Become Writers: Yes, We Mean You!

Shirley A. Smoyak, RN, PhD, FAAN

News

Product Update

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Now Take a Deep Breath: Inhaled Loxapine for the Treatment of Acute Agitation

Robert H. Howland, MD

AGING MATTERS

Chronic Pain in Older Adults

Esther I. Bernhofer, BSN, RN-BC; Jeanne M. Sorrell, PhD, RN, FAAN

CNE ARTICLES

Discrimination Against South African Adolescents Orphaned by AIDS

Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, RN, MNS, DTech; Zitha Mokomane, PhD

Disrupted by Disaster: Shared Experiences of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Marjorie A. Geisz-Everson, CRNA, PhD; Marsha J. Bennett, DNS, APRN, ACRN; Diane Dodd-McCue, DBA; Chuck Biddle, CRNA, PhD

Revising a Medication Education Program on an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit

Carmen M. Eisenmann, MSN, RN-BC

CNE Quiz