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High-Yield Behavioral Science

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ISBN-10: 1451130309

ISBN-13: 9781451130300

Edition: 4th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Barbara Fadem

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High-Yield™ Behavioral Science, Fourth Editionpresents a concise review of the behavioral science material tested on the USMLE Step 1. TheHigh-Yield™outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE. Patient Snapshots present clinical scenarios and pose specific questions. Annotated answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. This edition is thoroughly updated, consistent with DSM-IV-TR, and reorganized into six major sections: The Life Cycle; Biological and Psychological Bases of Behavior; Psychopathology; Social Behavior; The Practice of Medicine; and…    
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 7/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Child Development
Infancy: Birth to 15 Months
The Toddler Years: 16 Months-2� Years
The Preschooler: 3-6 Years
School Age: 7-11 Years
Adolescence and Adulthood
Adolescence: 11-20 Years
Early Adulthood: 20-40 Years
Middle Adulthood: 40-65 Years
Aging, Death, and Bereavement
Aging
Drying, Death, and Bereavement
Psychodynamic Theory and Defense Mechanisms
Freud's Theories of the Mind
Psychoanalysis and Related Therapies
Defense Mechanisms
Learning Theory and Behavioral Medicine
Overview
Habituation and Sensitization
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Application of Behavioral Techniques to Medicine
Substance-Related Disorders
Overview of Substance-Related Disorders
Neurotransmitter Associations
Identifying Substance Use Disorders
Management of Substance Use Disorders
Sleep
The Awake State and the Normal Sleep State
Sleep Disorders
The Genetics of Behavior
Genetics Studies
Genetic Origins of Psychiatric Disorders
Genetic Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Alcoholism
Behavioral Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmission
Biogenic Amines
Amino Acid Neurotransmitters are Involved in Most Synapses in the Brain
Psychopharmacology
Agents Used to Treat Psychosis
Agents Used to Treat Mood Disorders
Agents Used to Treat Anxiety
Psychoactive Medications in Pregnancy
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Psychiatric Disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition, Text Revision [DSM-IV-TRI]) and 5th Edition (DSM-5)
Overview of Schizophrenia and the Psychotic Disorders
Etiology
Clinical Signs and Symptoms
Prognosis and Management
Mood Disorders
Definition, Categories, and Epidemiology
Etiology
Clinical Signs and Symptoms
Differential Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management
Cognitive Disorders
Overview
Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (Alzheimer Disease)
Other Psychiatric Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorder, and Malingering
Personality Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Obesity and Eating Disorders
Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Childhood
Suicide
Epidemiology
Suicidal Behavior
Risk Factors
Tests to Determine Neuropsychological Functioning
Overview
Intelligence Tests
Personality Tests
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychological Evaluation of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms
Biological Evaluation of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms
The Family, Culture, and Illness
The Family
United States Culture
Sexuality
Sexual Development
The Biology of Sexuality in Adulthood
Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
Special Issues in Sexuality: Illness, Injury, and Aging
Drugs and Sexuality
Violence and Abuse
Violence
Abuse and Neglect of Children and the Elderly
Physical and Sexual Abuse of Domestic Partners
Sexual Aggression: Rape and Related Crimes
The Physician-Patient Relationship
Communicating with Patients
The Ill Patient
Adherence
Stress and Illness
Special Patient Populations
Health Care Delivery
Health Care Delivery Systems
Physicians
Cost of Health Care
Health Insurance
Demographics of Health
Legal and Ethical Issues in Medical Practice
Professional Behavior
Legal Competence and Capacity
Informed Consent
Confidentiality
Infectious Diseases
Advance Directives
Death and Euthanasia
Epidemiology
Overview
Research Study Design
Measurement of Risk
Testing
Statistical Analyses
Variables and Measures of Dispersion and Central Tendency
Hypothesis Testing
Statistical Tests
Index