Behavioral Science in Medicine

by Fadem, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781609136642
• ISBN10: 1609136640
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-03
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Behavioral Science in Medicineintroduces medical students to the science of human behavior. Organized to mirror the behavioral science/psychiatry course taught in the first two years, this text effectively teaches the major concepts of this complex subject and prepares students for board exams. The Second Edition is appropriate for courses in Behavioral Science alone but also for courses that merge Behavioral Science and Neuroscience. The increased depth of coverage of psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and pediatric psychiatry, also makes the Second Edition appropriate for use in Clinical Psychiatry courses in the third and fourth year.

Table of Contents

The Life Cycle	p. 1
The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy through Preschool	p. 1
School Age and Adolescence	p. 15
The Challenges of Early and Middle Adulthood	p. 26
Aging, Death, and Bereavement	p. 32
The Biological Bases of Behavior	p. 39
Genetics, Anatomy, and Biochemistry of Behavior	p. 39
Biological Assessment of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms	p. 56
Sleep	p. 67
The Psychological Bases of Behavior	p. 79
Psychodynamic Factors in Behavior	p. 79
Learning Theory	p. 87
Psychological Assessment of Patients with Behavioral Symptoms	p. 94
Psychological Therapies	p. 106
Psychopathology	p. 115
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	p. 115
Mood Disorders	p. 129
Suicide	p. 138
Anxiety Disorders and Related Disorders	p. 144
Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering	p. 154
Obesity and Eating Disorders	p. 162
Cognitive and Dissociative Disorders	p. 171
Biological Therapies	p. 181
Social Behavior	p. 203
Culture and Illness	p. 203
Human Sexuality	p. 216
Violence, Impulse Control Disorders, and Abuse	p. 229
Substance Abuse	p. 242
The Doctor-Patient Relationship	p. 255
Doctor-Patient Communication	p. 255
Psychosomatic Medicine	p. 269
Ethical and Legal Issues in Medicine	p. 281
Health Care Delivery	p. 295
Systems of Health Care Delivery	p. 295
Appendix: Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics	p. 308
Index	p. 323
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