This uniquely formatted text that combines introductory psychiatry content with board-style review questions has been written as a useful guide for first- and second-year medical students and other mental health professional students. "Psychiatry and Behavioral Science" is intended to be used as an indispensible text for pre-clinical psychiatric education. The user-friendly split page format includes clinical vignettes, "fun facts," and relevant art work. Each chapter contains board review questions that prepare the medical student for the USMLE and COMLEX examinations.By using a clinical approach consistent with the needs of today's medical and other mental health professional students, the authors prepare these students for their exams and clinical rotations. The text is also designed to prepare international students for United States residency programs. Non-medical persons interested in learning more about the basics of psychiatry and behavioural and social factors affecting health will find this volume compelling.
Author(s): David Baron, Ellen Sholevar
Edition: 1
Publisher: Temple University Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 313
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
SECTION I THE JOURNEY OF LIFE......Page 12
1. The Early Years of Childhood......Page 14
2. The Elementary School and Teenage Years......Page 42
3. Young Adulthood......Page 64
4. Middle Adulthood and Aging......Page 79
5. Human Sexuality......Page 95
SECTION II LIFE’S VICISSITUDES......Page 118
6. Stress and Coping......Page 120
7. In Sickness and in Health......Page 132
8. Substance-Related Disorders......Page 152
9. Interpersonal Violence......Page 171
10. Suicide and Attempted Suicide......Page 189
SECTION III HEALING AND THE PHYSICIAN......Page 202
11. The Medical Students and the Physician......Page 204
12. The Clinical Encounter......Page 225
13. Major Psychiatric Disorders and Medicine......Page 244
SECTION IV OUR WORLD......Page 274
14. Social and Cultural Issues in Health Care......Page 276
15. Health Policy and Economics......Page 293
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 312
