Behavioral science in medicine
By: editor, Barbara Fadem
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781609136642
Subjects: Behavioral Medicine; Therapy; Methods; Diagnosis; Mental Disorders
Notes: Rev. ed. of:  Behavioral science in medicine / Barbara Fadem. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning of life : pregnancy through preschool; title: School age and adolescence; title: The challenges of early and middle adulthood; title: Aging, death, and bereavement; title: Genetics, anatomy, and biochemistry of behavior; title: Biological assessment of patients with psychiatric symptoms; title: Sleep; title: Psychodynamic theory in medical practice; title: Learning theory; title: Psychological assessment of patients with behavioral symptoms; title: Psychological therapies; title: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; title: Mood disorders; title: Suicide; title: Anxiety disorders and related disorders; title: Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering; title: Obesity and eating disorders; title: Cognitive and dissociative disorders; title: Biological therapies; title: Culture and illness; title: Human sexuality; title: Violence, impulse control disorders, and abuse; title: Substance abuse; title: Doctor patient communication; title: Psychosomatic medicine; title: Ethical and legal issues in medicine.