Clinical behavioral science
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Clinical behavioral science
MTP Press, 1982
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This short text is designed to present those aspects of the behavioral sciences that are clinically relevant to physicians in all branches of medicine. It should also be helpful to medical students studying for the behavioral sciences section of Part 1 of the national boards, to physicians taking the behavioral sciences portion of the FLEX exam, and to psychiatrists prepar- ing for their American Board of Psychiatry certifying exam. Behavior is a product of brain function and is manifested by actions in response to sitmuli. It is fundamental to the maintenance of health, and plays a role in causing and intensifying many illnesses. Abnormal behaviors can re- veal to us, and even allow us to localize, brain dysfunction and disease. And they can cause, for patients, their families, and friends, considerable suffer- ing. On an intellectual level, trying to comprehend the behavior of our patients (and our own behavior as well), contributes to making medicine a truly intriguing profession.
Table of Contents
I The Biological Sciences and Behavior.- 1 The Genetics of Behavior.- 2 The Behavioral Neurological Examination.- 3 The Aphasia Screening Test and the Minimental State Examination.- 4 Psychological Testing.- 5 Brain Biochemistry and Its Relevance to Behavior.- 6 Sleep.- 7 Sex.- 8 Psychopathology.- 9 Psychopharmacology.- 10 Alcoholism.- 11 Drug Abuse.- 12 Behavioral Medicine.- II General Theories of Behavior.- 13 Psychoanalytic Theory.- 14 Conditioning.- III Verbal and Nonverbal Communication.- 15 Interviewing Techniques.- 16 Issues in Talking with Patients.- 17 The Phenomenological Mental Status Examination.- IV Development.- 18 Ethology.- 19 Child Development.- 20 Mental Retardation.- 21 Early and Middle Adulthood.- 22 Aging.- 23 Dying and Death.- V Social Sciences, Social Problems, and Social Systems.- 24 Medical Sociology.- 25 The Potentially Suicidal Patient.- 26 Psychiatric Aspects of Criminal Behavior.- 27 Rape.- 28 Forensic Medicine.- 29 Health Care Delivery I: Quality of Our Health Care System.- 30 Health Care Delivery II: Relationship of the Health Care System to Society in General.- 31 Health Care Delivery III: Third Party Payers.- 32 Health Care Delivery IV: Influential Organizations.- 33 Health Care Delivery V: Providers of Health Care.- 34 Biostatistics.
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