The behavioral sciences and health care
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The behavioral sciences and health care
Hogrefe & Huber, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book is designed primarily for medical students and trainees, but also for other health professionals needing an introduction to the behavioral sciences. It presents succinct information about the wide variety of behavioral, social, and psychological sciences that comprise the behavioral sciences relevant to health and wellness. Brain and behavior, culture and ethnicity, complementary medicine, clinical decision-making, and psychopathology are featured sections. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions. A complete 300+ question-and-answer USMLE-type review section not only allows readers and students to check how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text. A companion "Instructor's Manual" is available online. It provides creative ideas for teaching that capitalize on experiential learning.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Evolving Models of Health Care - Biological Mediators of Behavior - Neuronal Structure and Functions - Brain Structures and Their Functions - Chronobiology and Sleep - Predisposition - Individual-Environmental Interaction - Sensation - Learning - Cognition, Emotion and Stress - Development Through the Life Cycle - Pregnancy and Infancy - The Pre-school Years - The School Years - The Adult Years - Selected Theories of Development - The Individual and Social Groups - Social Behavior and Groups - Theories of Social Relations - Culture and Ethnicity - Health Care in Minority and Majority Groups - The Family - Human Sexuality and Sexual Disorders - Societal Health Problems - Obesity - Poverty - Substance Abuse - Interpersonal Violence - Suicide - Providing Health Care - Complementary Medicine - The Health Care System - Ethical and Legal Issues in Patient Care - The Physician-Patient Relationships - The Medical Encounter - Clinical Decision Making - Psychopathology - Introduction to Psychopathology - Adjustment Reactions and Somatization - Eating Disorders - Anxiety Disorders - Mood Disorders - Dissociative Disorders and Cognitive Disorders - Schizophrenia - Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders - Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence - Appendices - Epidemiology - Biostatistics - Index - Annotated Review Questions
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