Behavioral science in medicine / Barbara Fadem.

Author/creator Fadem, Barbara
Format Electronic
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Descriptionxiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The beginning of life : pregnancy through preschool -- School age and adolescence -- The challenges of early and middle adulthood -- Aging, death, and bereavement -- Genetics, anatomy, and biochemistry of behavior -- Biological assessment of patients with psychiatric symptoms -- Sleep -- Psychodynamic factors in behavior -- Learning theory -- Psychological assessment of patients with behavioral symptoms -- Psychological therapies -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Suicide -- Anxiety disorders and related disorders -- Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering -- Obesity and eating disorders -- Cognitive and dissociative disorders -- Biological therapies -- Culture and illness -- Human sexuality -- Violence, impulse control disorders, and abuse -- Substance abuse -- Doctor-patient communication -- Psychosomatic medicine -- Ethical and legal issues in medicine -- Systems of health care delivery -- Appendix : medical epidemiology and biostatistics.
General noteRev. ed. of: Behavioral science in medicine / Barbara Fadem. c2004.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011036401
ISBN9781609136642 (pbk.)
ISBN1609136640 (pbk.)