Human Behavior: An Introduction for Medical Students

This introductory text discusses the importance of taking an integrated approach to patient care. It takes a multi-dimensional biopsychosocial approach to patient care that requires the physician to examine the psychological and emotional needs of their patients as well as their physical condition. Topics covered in this second edition include: the contractual and psychologic aspects of the doctor-patient relationship, the basic premise of the biopsychosocial model, psychological factors that affect medical conditions and cultural factors in the practice of medicine. It also examines the basic principles of psychoanalytic and behavioral theory, fundamentals of normal behavior, the neurobiologic effects of developmental stresses and emotional trauma, biological aspects of behavior and neurobiology and behavioral genetics. This text is an ideal companion to Stoudemire's Clinical Psychiatry for Medical Students.