Behavioral science in medicine / Barbara Fadem.
| Author/creator | Fadem, Barbara |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, |
| Description | xiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Wolters Kluwer Health Library Premium Basic Sciences |
| 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 note | Rev. ed. of: Behavioral science in medicine / Barbara Fadem. c2004. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011036401 |
| ISBN | 9781609136642 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1609136640 (pbk.) |