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Behavioral Science in Medicine / Edition 2

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ISBN-10:: 1609136640
ISBN-13:: 9781609136642
Pub. Date:: 03/03/2012
Publisher:: LWW

ISBN-10:: 1609136640
ISBN-13:: 9781609136642
Pub. Date:: 03/03/2012
Publisher:: LWW

Behavioral Science in Medicine / Edition 2

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NOW UPDATED TO DSM-5! Behavioral Science in Medicine introduces medical students to the science of human behavior. Organized to mirror the behavioral science/psychiatry course taught in the first two years, this text effectively teaches the major concepts of this complex subject and prepares students for board exams. The Second Edition is appropriate for courses in Behavioral Science alone but also for courses that merge Behavioral Science and Neuroscience. The increased depth of coverage of psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and pediatric psychiatry, also makes the Second Edition appropriate for use in Clinical Psychiatry courses in the third and fourth year.

Chapter-opening outlines list the major topics covered
Information presented according to the classifications and terminology of the DSM-5
Emphasis placed on the concepts tested on Steps 1 & 2 of the USMLE
Clinical case scenarios and USMLE-style questions with answers and explanations included for each chapter

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ISBN-13:	9781609136642
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	03/03/2012
Edition description:	Second
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Part I The Life Cycle 1

Chapter 1 The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy through Preschool 1

Chapter 2 School Age and Adolescence 15

Chapter 3 The Challenges of Early and Middle Adulthood 26

Chapter 4 Aging, Death, and Bereavement 32

Part II The Biological Bases of Behavior 39

Chapter 5 Genetics, Anatomy, and Biochemistry of Behavior 39

Chapter 6 Biological Assessment of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms 56

Chapter 7 Sleep 67

Part III The Psychological Bases of Behavior 79

Chapter 8 Psychodynamic Factors in Behavior 79

Chapter 9 Learning Theory 87

Chapter 10 Psychological Assessment of Patients with Behavioral Symptoms 94

Chapter 11 Psychological Therapies 106

Part IV Psychopathology 115

Chapter 12 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 115

Chapter 13 Mood Disorders 129

Chapter 14 Suicide 138

Chapter 15 Anxiety Disorders and Related Disorders 144

Chapter 16 Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering 154

Chapter 17 Obesity and Eating Disorders 162

Chapter 18 Cognitive and Dissociative Disorders 171

Chapter 19 Biological Therapies 181

Part V Social Behavior 203

Chapter 20 Culture and Illness 203

Chapter 21 Human Sexuality 216

Chapter 22 Violence, Impulse Control Disorders, and Abuse 229

Chapter 23 Substance Abuse 242

Part VI The Doctor-Patient Relationship 255

Chapter 24 Doctor-Patient Communication 255

Chapter 25 Psychosomatic Medicine 269

Chapter 26 Ethical and Legal Issues in Medicine 281

Part VII Health Care Delivery 295

Chapter 27 Systems of Health Care Delivery 295

Appendix: Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics 308

Index 323

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Valerie E Mathis-Allen, MD (Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services)
Description: This is a clearly written, practical, comprehensive, and up-to-date psychiatric textbook written for medical students that is also a resource for any medical professional interested in behavioral medicine. Readers will appreciate the thought-provoking questions and answers and well-defined charts, outlines, and tables in each chapter.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a framework of information for medical students and other healthcare professionals to assist them in helping their patients face and ultimately prevail over the challenges of their life stressors as a result of physical and emotional illnesses. The book meets the goal of addressing the intimate relationship between the mind and the physical health of individuals.
Audience: It is written for medical students in the preclinical and clinical years, but it also is aimed at other medical professionals such as nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, and psychologists, as well as at physicians already in practice.
Features: The first section, on the life cycle, stresses that physicians need to be aware of physical, social, and cognitive changes that occur during all phases of normal development, so they can recognize and treat abnormal presentations. The second section explains biological, social, and environmental stressors influencing psychiatric illnesses and includes a review of genetics, anatomy, and biochemistry of normal and abnormal behavior. It also discusses neurotransmitters and the biological evaluation of patients with psychiatric symptoms, as well as sleep and its disorders. The third section reviews psychoanalytic theory, learning theory, and clinical psychological assessment and management. The author discusses how understanding the psychodynamic unconscious can help physicians decipher and better understand their patients. The fourth section focuses on psychopathology and reviews DSM-IV-TR and proposed DSM-V changes for psychotic, mood, suicide, anxiety, somatoform, factitious, eating, cognitive, dissociative, and related disorders and their management. Section V discusses family and cultural issues, sexuality, aggression, abuse, and substance abuse, and urges physicians to be aware of their own sexuality in order to effectively address their patients' sexual concerns. The next section, on the doctor-patient relationship, covers communication, personality styles, the role of stress in illness, and legal and ethical issues, and the section on healthcare delivery discusses demographics, costs, health insurance, and government payment for healthcare expenses. Finally, the appendix reviews epidemiology and biostatistics. Chapters are short, clearly written, very informative, and hold readers' attention. Two areas are covered particularly well. The chapter on culture and illness considers the patients' experience and understanding of their illness according to their culture, and the chapter on doctor-patient communication discusses establishing relationships with, eliciting personal information from, and interacting and communicating with patients. The innovative methods the book uses to deliver the information include the captivating chapter introductions, the helpful and varied topics, and the brevity of each chapter. Unique features include the thoughtful vignettes that appear throughout the chapters, and the easy to read and understand tables, charts, and outlines. Chapters end with well-designed questions to test recently acquired knowledge, with answers immediately below. The lack of color art it is a shortcoming, but it is minor. One area that left me wanting more was the wonderful discussion of culture and illness, which did not include the subculture and ethnocultural healthcare issues of Africans in America as distinct from African-Americans.
Assessment: This book is impressive in its scope, addressing the biological and psychological bases of behavior throughout the life cycle, succinctly reviewing psychopathology and social behavior. What makes the book great is at the end, where there are helpful discussions of the doctor-patient relationship, complicated ethical and legal matters, the history of healthcare delivery systems, as well as the explanations, examples, and easy to understand charts in the appendix on medical epidemiology and biostatistics.

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"This book is impressive in its scope, addressing the biological and psychological bases of behavior throughout the life cycle, succinctly reviewing psychopathology and social behavior. What makes the book great is at the end, where there are helpful discussions of the doctor-patient relationship, complicated ethical and legal matters, the history of healthcare delivery systems, as well as the explanations, examples, and easy to understand charts in the appendix on medical epidemiology and biostatistics."

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Weighted Numerical Score: 97 - 5 Stars!
- Doody Enterprises, Inc. (July 2012)
- Valerie E Mathis-Allen, MD(Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services)

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