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Book cover image of Behavioral Science in Medicine by Barbara Fadem

Authors: Barbara Fadem
ISBN-13: 9780781736695, ISBN-10: 0781736692
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Barbara Fadem

Book Synopsis

Behavioral 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.

Pt. I	The Life Cycle
1	The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy Through Preschool	1
2	School Age and Adolescence	23
3	The Challenges of Early and Middle Adulthood	41
4	Aging, Death, and Bereavement	51
Pt. II	The Biological Bases of Behavior
5	Genetics, Anatomy, and Biochemistry of Behavior	63
6	Biological Assessment of Patients With Psychiatric Symptoms	87
7	Sleep	105
Pt. III	The Psychological Bases of Behavior
8	Psychodynamic Theory in Medical Practice	121
9	Learning Theory	135
10	Psychological Assessment of Patients With Behavioral Symptoms	147
11	Psychological Therapies	165
Pt. IV	Psychopathology
12	Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	179
13	Mood Disorders	197
14	Suicide	213
15	Anxiety Disorders and Related Disorders	223
16	Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering	239
17	Obesity and the Eating Disorders	253
18	Cognitive and Dissociative Disorders	267
19	Biological Therapies	283
Pt. V	Social Behavior
20	Culture and Illness	311
21	Human Sexuality	329
22	Violence, Impulse Control Disorders, and Abuse	351
23	Substance Abuse	371
Pt. VI	The Doctor-Patient Relationship
24	Doctor-Patient Communication	391
25	Psychosomatic Medicine	413
26	Ethical and Legal Issues in Medicine	431
Pt. VII	Health Care Delivery
27	Systems of Health Care Delivery	451
App	Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics	469
	Index	489