Patient » (3rd Edition)

This revised and updated edition incorporates new developments that have emerged since the publication of the second edition in 1985.

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New edition of a text first published in 1980 (and revised in 1985) and initially intended for medical students needing a basic behavioral science text. The audience is now broader, and the material presented is essential core data for medical behavioral science as well as a guide to approaching patients. Coverage includes help-seeking behavior, the sick role, expectations in the consulting room, anxiety, defense mechanisms, mood disorders, psychosis, pain, substance abuse, sleep and dreams, assessment, and management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)