High-Yield Behavioral Science

by Fadem, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780683029406
• ISBN10: 0683029401
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Early Childhood Development	1	(7)
Pregnancy	1	(1)
Childbirth	2	(1)
Infancy: birth to 15 months	3	(1)
The toddler years: 15 months to 2 1/2 years	4	(1)
The preschooler: 2 1/2 to 6 years	5	(1)
Latency (school age): 7 to 11 years	6	(1)
Child abuse	6	(2)
Adolescence and Adulthood	8	(2)
Adolescence: 11 to 20 years	8	(1)
Early adulthood: 20 to 40 years	8	(1)
Middle adulthood: 40 to 65 years	9	(1)
Aging, Death, and Bereavement	10	(2)
Aging	10	(1)
Dying and death	11	(1)
Bereavement (normal grief) versus depression (abnormal grief)	11	(1)
Psychoanalytic Theory	12	(3)
Unconscious mental process	12	(1)
Psychoanalysis	12	(2)
Defense mechanisms	14	(1)
Learning Theory and Behavioral Medicine	15	(4)
Overview	15	(1)
Classical conditioning	15	(1)
Operant conditioning	15	(2)
Applications of behavioral techniques	17	(2)
Psychoactive Substance Abuse	19	(4)
Overview	19	(1)
Tolerance and dependence	19	(1)
Neurotransmitter systems	19	(1)
Treatment	19	(4)
Sleep	23	(4)
Awake and sleep states	23	(1)
Neurotransmitters	23	(1)
Sleep disorders	23	(4)
The Genetics of Behavior	27	(4)
Genetic studies	27	(1)
Genetic origins of schizophrenia	27	(1)
Genetic origins of affective (mood) disorder	27	(1)
Genetic origins of personality characteristics and disorders	28	(1)
Genetic origins of neuropsychiatric disorders	29	(1)
Alcoholism	30	(1)
Behavioral Neurochemistry	31	(4)
Neuroanatomy	31	(1)
Neurotransmission	31	(1)
Biogenic amines	32	(2)
Amino acid neurotransmitters	34	(1)
Neuropeptides	34	(1)
Pharmacology of Behavior and Electroconvulsive Therapy	35	(6)
Agents used to treat psychosis	35	(1)
Agents used to treat mood disorders	36	(3)
Antianxiety agents	39	(1)
Electroconvulsive therapy	39	(2)
Schizophrenia	41	(4)
Epidemiology	41	(1)
Etiology	41	(1)
Clinical signs and symptoms	41	(2)
Prognosis and treatment	43	(2)
Mood Disorders	45	(4)
Definition, categories, and epidemiology	45	(1)
Etiology	45	(1)
Clinical signs and symptoms	46	(1)
Clinical course	47	(1)
Differential diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment	47	(2)
Cognitive Disorders	49	(4)
Overview	49	(1)
Delirium	49	(1)
Dementia	49	(2)
Amnestic disorders	51	(1)
Dementia caused by HIV infection	52	(1)
Other Psychiatric Disorders	53	(6)
Anxiety disorders	53	(1)
Somatoform and related disorders	53	(2)
Personality disorders	55	(1)
Dissociative disorders	55	(1)
Obesity and eating disorders	56	(1)
Neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood	57	(2)
Suicide	59	(2)
Epidemiology	59	(1)
Suicide attempts	59	(1)
Risk factors	59	(2)
Psychological and Biologic Functioning	61	(6)
Psychological tests	61	(1)
Intelligence tests	61	(1)
Achievement tests	62	(1)
Personality tests	62	(1)
Neuropsychological tests	63	(1)
Psychological evaluation of the patient with psychiatric symptoms	63	(1)
Biologic evaluation of the patient with psychiatric symptoms	64	(3)
The Family, Culture, and Illness	67	(4)
The family	67	(1)
United States culture	68	(3)
Sexuality and Aggression	71	(8)
Sexual development	71	(1)
Gonadal hormones and sexuality	72	(1)
The sexual response cycle	73	(1)
Sexual dysfunction	73	(1)
Paraphilias	74	(1)
Illness, injury, and aging	75	(1)
Drugs and sexuality	76	(1)
Aggression	76	(1)
Sexual aggression: rape	77	(2)
The Physician--Patient Relationship	79	(4)
The ill patient	79	(1)
Compliance	79	(1)
The clinical interview	80	(1)
The psychobiology of chronic pain	80	(3)
Stress and Illness	83	(3)
Emotional responses	83	(1)
The hospitalized patient	83	(1)
Patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)	84	(1)
Stress and illness	84	(1)
Stress and life events	84	(2)
Systems of Health Care Delivery	86	(5)
Hospitals	86	(1)
Nursing homes and hospices	86	(1)
Delivery of health care	87	(1)
Physicians	87	(1)
Costs of health care	88	(1)
Health insurance	88	(1)
Socioeconomic factors	89	(1)
Causes of death	89	(2)
Legal and Ethical Issues in Medical Practice	91	(3)
Legal issues in health care	91	(1)
Legal issues involving death	92	(2)
Epidemiology	94	(5)
Definition	94	(1)
Incidence and prevalence	94	(1)
Research study design	94	(1)
Relative and attributable risk and the odds ratio	94	(2)
Testing	96	(3)
Statistical Analyses	99	(1)
Statistical tests, central tendency, and distribution	99	(1)
Hypothesis testing	100