# Mental Health is a Verb

- By: Jake Bush and Jill Van Der Like
- Publisher: University of West Florida
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nursing/Mental_Health_is_a_Verb_(Bush_and_Van_Der_Like))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nursing/Mental_Health_is_a_Verb_(Bush_and_Van_Der_Like)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/med-70744/pdf

MENTAL HEALTH IS A VERB is an Open Education Resource that addresses mental health nursing care. A principal focus of a mental health nursing is to provide care to patients with a psychiatric disorder, mental health issue, or behavioral problems. The text reviews the foundations of mental health, psychopharmacology, and the most common mental health diagnoses.