Main description:

The fourth edition of The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care provides trainees in every area of health care with foundational concepts of behavioral science as applied to individual and population health and disease. The text breathes new life into the biopsychosocial model by highlighting the integrated sciences model, which focuses on interdependence of the contributions made by all of the sciences basic to medicine. This integration is exemplified by the unifying conceptual framework of evolutionary science, in which increasingly complex gene-individual-environmental interactions explain behavior at the
individual and social level.
Concise, updated chapters cover foundational elements of neuroscience, stress biology, normal psychology, and social factors in health care, addressing both traditional areas of behavioral science and topical concerns such as pain, palliative care, addictions, health care disparities, and violence. Uniquely among books of this kind, the text includes a thorough discussion of psychiatric disorders and therapies, aligned with current nosology (DSM-5). All chapters contain clinical pearls or vignettes, highlighted to emphasize applications in health care settings, as well as review questions and suggestions for further reading.
A practice exam with extensive discussion of answers deepens students' understanding of core topics while preparing them for
certifying and licensing exams.
This text is particularly suited for use in systems-based and casebased curricula. Individual chapters can be used creatively in flipped classrooms and other active learning environments. Accessible and clear, without oversimplification, the book facilitates interdisciplinary education, providing a common core of knowledge for students in medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, and other health care professions.

Contents:

Section I: The Behavioral Sciences and Health
1 Evolving Models of Health Care by J. E. Carr, O. J. Z.
Sahler, J. B. Frank, and J. V. Nunes
Section II: Regulatory Systems
2 Predisposition by J. V. Nunes, I. M. Kodish, and
J. E. Carr
3 The Nervous System by J. V. Nunes, I. M. Kodish,
and J. B. Frank
4 Brain Networks in Health and Illness by M. I.
Posner and M. K. Rothbart
Section III: Basic Homeostatic Systems
5 Energy Homeostasis by E. D. LaMotte and
E. A. Schur
6 Chronobiology and Sleep Disorders by J. V. Nunes,
G. Jean-Louis, F. Zizi, and A.Seixas
7 Stress, Adaptation, and Stress Disorders by J. E.
Carr, I. M. Kodish, and P. P. Vitaliano
8 Pain by J. Dasika, N. Mai, and J. L. Kent
Section IV: Higher Order Homeostatic Systems
9 Emotion and Learning by J. E. Carr and I. M. Kodish
10 Cognition, Communication, and Social Interaction
by J. E. Carr and I. M. Kodish
Section V: Development Through the Life Cycle
11 Selected Theories of Development by L. D.
Herzig, E. F. Myers, and F. C. Bennett
12 The Fetus, Newborn, and Infant by E. F. Myers,
L. D. Herzig, and F. C. Bennett
13 Toddlerhood and the Preschool Years by E. F.
Myers, L. D. Herzig, and F. C. Bennett
14 The School Years by E. A. McCauley
15 The Adult Years by J. A. H. Farrow
16 The Family by J. LeBron McBride
Section VI: Social and Cultural Issues
17 Culture and Cultural Competence in Health Care
by M. Camacho-Rivera
18 Health Care in Minority and Majority Populations
by M. C. Hosokawa
19 Sexuality and Sexual Disorders by C. P. Samenow
and K. Y. Salas-Ramirez
20 Health Care Issues Facing Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals by D. W.
Pantalone, D. C. Haldeman, and C. R. Martell
21 Geriatric Health and Successful Aging by P. M.
Lenahan
Section VII: Societal and Behavioral Health
Challenges
22 Obesity by S. R. Cook and K.A. Evans
23 Eating Disorders by R. E. Kreipe and T. B. Starr
24 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders by
M. F. Gomez and J. V. Nunes
25 Interpersonal Violence and Abuse by R. Maiuro
and N. K. Sugg
26 Poverty and Homelessness by K. Ramsey
McGowen
27 Suicide by A. L. Chapman, J. Ferreira, and
K.C. Law
28 Understanding and Improving Health Literacy by
J. L. Calderon
Section VIII: The Health Care System, Policy, and
Economics
29 The US Health Care System by T. T. Chee and J. S.
Catalanotti
30 Theories of Social Relations and Interprofessional
Collaboration by B. Michalec and
F. W. Hafferty
31 Moral, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Patient Care
by M. H. Shaw
32 Complementary and Integrative Medicine by
H. H. McClafferty and O. J. Z. Sahler
33 Palliative Care by T. E. Quill and
E. M. Denney-Koelsch
Section IX: The Clinical Relationship
34 The Provider-Patient Relationship by D. C.
Russo, M. E. Carraway, and L. C. Larsen
35 The Medical Encounter and Clinical Decision
Making by J. M. Firnhaber, D. C. Russo, and
L. C. Larsen
36 Motivating Healthy Behaviors by R. J. Botelho
37 Physician Health, Impairment, and Misconduct
by C. P. Samenow
Section X: Psychopathology
38 Introduction to Psychopathology by J. B. Frank
39 The Psychiatric Evaluation by J. B. Frank
40 Principles of Psychotherapy by J. B. Frank and
J. E. Carr
41 Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
by R. R. Pleak and J. V. Nunes
42 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders by
S. M. Lillrank
43 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders by R. P.
Houghtalen and R. F. Houghtalen
44 Anxiety Disorders by R. P. Houghtalen and J. B.
Frank
45 Neurocognitive Disorders: Delirium and Secondary
Syndromes by J. B. Frank and M. Peroski
46 Neurocognitive Disorders: Dementia by M. Peroski
and J. B. Frank
47 Stress Disorders, Bereavement, and Dissociative
Disorders by J. B. Frank
48 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders by
J. B. Frank
49 Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
by M. R. Herbert and J. B. Frank
50 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders by
J. B. Frank and S. H. Cho
51 Personality Disorders by M. R. Herbert and
J. B. Frank
52 Pharmacological Interventions for Psychiatric
Disorders by M. R. Herbert and J. B. Frank
Appendix: Psychological Testing
Practice Exam