Health and behavior: Frontiers of research in the biobehavioral sciences (IOM publication) - Hardcover

David A. Hamburg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309032792 ISBN 13: 9780309032797

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1982

Synopsis

There is clear evidence of causal links between specific forms of behaviour and the improvement or deterioration of health states. Unless human behaviour can be influenced, there can be no progress in promoting health, preventing disease and alleviating suffering.

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About the Author

Norman Sartorius is one of the most prominent and influential psychiatrists of his generation. He has served as Director of the Division of Mental Health at the World Health Organization, and subsequently President of the World Psychiatric Association. He has held professorial appointments at the Universities of Geneva, Prague, New York and Zagreb. He is a member of the Council of the World Psychiatric Association and of the Expert Advisory Panel of the World Health Organization. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of London, a professor at the Universities of Zagreb and Prague and held or holds professorial appointments at the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Geneva and at several other universities in Europe, the USA and China; he is a Senior Associate of the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore. He has written over 300 scientific papers and co-authored or edited over 40 books.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309032792
• ISBN 13: 9780309032797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1