The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
Hogrefe Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-88937-433-1 (ISBN)
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The brand new edition of this highly readable text presents succinct information about how neurological, psychological, social and behavioral processes interact and together contribute to the health and wellness of individuals. Based around but expanding on the Integrated Sciences Model, and integrating the Institute of Medicine's key themes for medical training, this latest edition is organized in sections covering: Brain Systems Homeostatic Systems and Disorders Individual-Environment Interaction Development Through the Life Cycle Social and Cultural Issues Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics The Clinical Relationship Psychopathology New chapters deal with Nutrition, Metabolism, and Feeding Disorders, Physician Health, Impairment, and Misconduct, the Psychiatric Evaluation, Principles of Psychotherapy, and Dementia. Clear appendices review principles of epidemiology and bio-statistics. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions.
A complete 350+ question-and-answer multiple choice-type review section not only allows readers to assess how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text.
O.J. Sahler, MD is Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities, and Oncology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She was the pediatric clerkship director for 17 years and was the founding president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP). The Guidelines for Education in the Behavioral Sciences, on which this text was originally based, were developed during her tenure as president of ABSAME. John Carr is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychology at the University of Washington He has co-edited three textbooks on the behavioral sciences in health care and written extensively on the need for an Integrated Sciences Model in health care education. Julia Frank is Director of the Psychiatry Department at the George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Joao Nunes is Associate Medical Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the City College of New York, School of Biomedical Education.
Acknowledgments, Preface
Section I The Behavioral Sciences and Health
Introduction and How to Use this Book
1 Evolving Models of Health Care
Section II Brain Systems
2 Predisposition
3 The Nervous System
4 Brain Networks in Health and Illness
Section III Homeostatic Systems and Disorders
5 Nutrition, Metabolism, and Feeding Disorders
6 Chronobiology and Sleep Disorders
7 Stress, Adaptation, and Stress Disorders
Section IV Individual-Environment Interaction
8 Emotion and Learning
9 Cognition and Social Interaction
Section V Development Through the Life Cycle
10 Selected Theories of Development
11 The Fetus, Newborn, and Infant
12 Toddlerhood and the Preschool Years
13 The School Years
14 The Adult Years
15 The Family
Section VI Social and Cultural Issues
16 Social Behavior and Groups
17 Theories of Social Relations
18 Culture and Ethnicity
19 Health Care in Minority and Majority
Populations
20 Sexuality and Sexual Disorders
21 Health Care Issues Facing Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
22 Geriatric Health and Successful Aging
Section VII Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges
23 Obesity
24 Eating Disorders
25 Substance Abuse
26 Interpersonal Violence
27 Poverty and Homelessness
28 Suicide
29 Health Literacy
Section VIII The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics
30 The U.S. Health Care System
31 Complementary and Integrative Medicine
32 Palliative Care
33 Ethical and Legal Issues in Patient Care
Section IX The Clinical Relationship
34 The Physician-Patient Relationship
35 The Medical Encounter and Clinical Decision
Making
36 Motivating Healthy Behavior
37 Physician Health, Impairment, and
Misconduct
Section X Psychopathology
38 Introduction to Psychopathology
39 The Psychiatric Evaluation
40 Principles of Psychotherapy
41 Pharmacological Interventions for Psychiatric
Disorders
42 Somatization and Somatoform Disorders
43 Adjustment Disorders, Bereavement, and
Demoralization
44 Dementia
45 Delirium and Secondary Syndromes
46 Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders
47 Major Mood Disorders
48 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
49 Personality and Impulse Control Disorders
50 Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and
Adolescence
Appendices
Appendix A Epidemiology
Appendix B Biostatistics
Review Questions and Answers
Practice Exam
Contributors
Subject Index
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1134 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-88937-433-3 / 0889374333 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88937-433-1 / 9780889374331 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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