The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
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Editor: Olle Jane SahlerEditor: John E. Carr
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-30
ISBN: 0889373078
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub
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Book Review: A particularly weak book in the field of behavioral sciences.
Summary: 3 Stars
At the outset, this book shows every promise of being a great book for a psychiatry, psychopathology, or behavioral sciences course. It has a great layout, plenty of USMLE-style review questions (most of which are actually good), and covers a broad spectrum of topics. Yet, here the expectations end unfulfilled.
The text is too long to be a review book and yet, too perfunctory and simple to be a textbook. It lies in a middling area of inadequacy. The authors would have done better to include more detail so as to be comprehensive and/or restructured the text to eliminate a lot of unnecessary sentences dedicated to explaining simple concepts that belittle the, no doubt, educated reader. There are much better texts in terms of learning behavioral sciences for the Step 1 such as the BRS or High-Yield books by Barbara Fadem, these books are much more succinct and stick to the relevant material.
Summary of The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
This work is suitable for medical and other students and trainees learning the behavioral sciences. It is a clearly structured, compact text on the behavioral sciences for medical and other students and trainees, including practical features such as annotated review questions and a practice exam. The brand new edition of this compact text presents succinct information about the wide variety of behavioral, social, and psychological sciences that comprise the behavioral sciences relevant to health and wellness. Based around but expanding on the Integrated Sciences Model, and integrating the Institute of Medicine's key themes for medical training, the new edition is organized in sections covering: Biological Mediators of Behavior; Individual-Environment Interaction; Development Through the Life Cycle; Social and Cultural Determinants; Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges; The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics; Physician-Patient Interaction; and Psychopathology. New chapters deal with Stress, Adaptation, and Illness; Geriatric Health and Successful Aging; Palliative Care; Health Care Issues Facing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals; Competency in Clinical Education; Health Literacy; and Changing Risk Behaviors. Clear appendices review principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions. A complete 300+ question-and-answer USMLE-type review section not only allows readers to check how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text. The authors of this text are experienced teachers and researchers drawn primarily from the membership of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education.Mental Health Books
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