The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care - Softcover

9780889374331: The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889374333 ISBN 13: 9780889374331

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing, 2012

The brand new edition of this highly readable text presents succinct information about how neurological, psychological, social and behavioral processes interact and together contribute to the health and wellness of individuals. Based around but expanding on the Integrated Sciences Model, and integrating the Institute of Medicine's key themes for medical training, this latest edition is organized in sections covering: Brain Systems Homeostatic Systems and Disorders Individual-Environment Interaction Development Through the Life Cycle Social and Cultural Issues Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics The Clinical Relationship Psychopathology New chapters deal with Nutrition, Metabolism, and Feeding Disorders, Physician Health, Impairment, and Misconduct, the Psychiatric Evaluation, Principles of Psychotherapy, and Dementia. Clear appendices review principles of epidemiology and bio-statistics. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions. A complete 350+ question-and-answer multiple choice-type review section not only allows readers to assess how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text.

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Review:

From the first editor: "This revision has been streamlined to allow for several new chapters, such as an in-depth look at provider impairment as well as updates on obesity, palliative care, and complementary medicine. In addition, the 350+ question-and-answer review section continues to provide concise discussions of specific topics that supplement the text. "In keeping with ABSAME's future new name as the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Health Professions Education (ABSAHPE), we are convinced that this latest edition will lend itself ideally to teaching behavioral sciences for anyone pursuing a career in one of the health professions, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, social work and other allied health professions, osteopathy, and chiropractic. After all, the principles that are the foundation of any effective, compassionate provider - patient relationship are fundamental to all our professions. So, too, are the societal barriers to proving excellent health care that can affect all healing relationships." O. J. Sahler (Editor) "This text should be required reading for all health sciences students and their faculties, as we move toward a system of truly collaborative, interprofessional health care delivery." DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr., MD, Professor emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV "The person, the patient, must be the focus of health care, not the system or the profession. This outstanding book by O.J. Sahler, MD, and Jack Carr, PhD, and its integrated sciences model go a long way towards making this a reality." Albert H. Eaton, PhD, M.Div, President of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education (ABSAME) "This volume has no peer in educating aspiring physicians in how a biopsychosocial understanding of medicine's challenges is the only approach a thoroughly prepared medical practitioner can take." Edward P. Sheridan, PhD, LHD, ABPP, former Chief of Psychiatry Outpatient Services and Professor and Chairman of the Division of Psychology at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; currently, University Professor, Senior Vice President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Houston, TX "An outstanding integration of the most up-to-date scientific knowledge gathered across disciplines. A wonderful textbook and reference for primary care providers." Pat DeLeon, PhD, MPH, JD, former President of the American Psychological Association "This is a wonderful volume incorporating information normally found in separate textbooks for psychiatry residents, graduate students in clinical psychology, health psychology, social work, and public health." Barry A. Hong, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Washington University, St. Louis, MO "A valuable resource for any clinician working in a medical setting. I plan to use it with all interns as part of their orientation process for working in the medical setting." Rosemary Oliva Obi, MS, LCAT, MT-BC, Music Therapist, University of Rochester Medical Center Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY

About the Author:

O.J. Sahler, MD is Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities, and Oncology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She was the pediatric clerkship director for 17 years and was the founding president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP). The Guidelines for Education in the Behavioral Sciences, on which this text was originally based, were developed during her tenure as president of ABSAME. John Carr is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychology at the University of Washington He has co-edited three textbooks on the behavioral sciences in health care and written extensively on the need for an Integrated Sciences Model in health care education. Julia Frank is Director of the Psychiatry Department at the George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Joao Nunes is Associate Medical Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the City College of New York, School of Biomedical Education.

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