Behavioral Science in MedicineBehavioral Science in Medicine is intended as a primary textbook for the behavioral science/psychiatry course in the first two years of medical school. Each chapter includes representative clinical case scenarios illustrating important facets of the material in that chapter. All material presented in the text will be consistent with the DSM-IV-TR. |
Contents
The Beginning of Life Pregnancy Through Preschool | ix |
School Age and Adolescence | 21 |
The Challenges of Early and Middle Adulthood | 39 |
Aging Death and Bereavement | 49 |
Genetics Anatomy and Biochemistry of Behavior | 61 |
Biological Assessment of Patients With Psychiatric Symptoms | 85 |
Sleep | 103 |
Psychodynamic Theory in Medical Practice | 119 |
Somatoform Disorders Factitious Disorders and Malingering | 237 |
Obesity and the Eating Disorders | 251 |
Cognitive and Dissociative Disorders | 265 |
Biological Therapies | 281 |
Culture and Illness | 309 |
Human Sexuality | 327 |
Violence Impulse Control Disorders and Abuse | 349 |
Substance Abuse | 369 |
Learning Theory | 133 |
Psychological Assessment of Patients With Behavioral Symptoms | 145 |
Psychological Therapies | 163 |
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders | 177 |
Mood Disorders | 195 |
Suicide | 211 |
Anxiety Disorders and Related Disorders | 221 |
DoctorPatient Communication | 389 |
Psychosomatic Medicine | 411 |
Ethical and Legal Issues in Medicine | 427 |
Systems of Health Care Delivery | 447 |
Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 465 |
Index | 485 |
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