High-Yield Behavioral Science,9780683029406

High-Yield Behavioral Science

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ISBN13: 9780683029406
ISBN10: 0683029401
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-03-01
Publisher(s): Williams & Wilkins
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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Early Childhood Development
1(7)
Pregnancy
1(1)
Childbirth
2(1)
Infancy: birth to 15 months
3(1)
The toddler years: 15 months to 2 1/2 years
4(1)
The preschooler: 2 1/2 to 6 years
5(1)
Latency (school age): 7 to 11 years
6(1)
Child abuse
6(2)
Adolescence and Adulthood
8(2)
Adolescence: 11 to 20 years
8(1)
Early adulthood: 20 to 40 years
8(1)
Middle adulthood: 40 to 65 years
9(1)
Aging, Death, and Bereavement
10(2)
Aging
10(1)
Dying and death
11(1)
Bereavement (normal grief) versus depression (abnormal grief)
11(1)
Psychoanalytic Theory
12(3)
Unconscious mental process
12(1)
Psychoanalysis
12(2)
Defense mechanisms
14(1)
Learning Theory and Behavioral Medicine
15(4)
Overview
15(1)
Classical conditioning
15(1)
Operant conditioning
15(2)
Applications of behavioral techniques
17(2)
Psychoactive Substance Abuse
19(4)
Overview
19(1)
Tolerance and dependence
19(1)
Neurotransmitter systems
19(1)
Treatment
19(4)
Sleep
23(4)
Awake and sleep states
23(1)
Neurotransmitters
23(1)
Sleep disorders
23(4)
The Genetics of Behavior
27(4)
Genetic studies
27(1)
Genetic origins of schizophrenia
27(1)
Genetic origins of affective (mood) disorder
27(1)
Genetic origins of personality characteristics and disorders
28(1)
Genetic origins of neuropsychiatric disorders
29(1)
Alcoholism
30(1)
Behavioral Neurochemistry
31(4)
Neuroanatomy
31(1)
Neurotransmission
31(1)
Biogenic amines
32(2)
Amino acid neurotransmitters
34(1)
Neuropeptides
34(1)
Pharmacology of Behavior and Electroconvulsive Therapy
35(6)
Agents used to treat psychosis
35(1)
Agents used to treat mood disorders
36(3)
Antianxiety agents
39(1)
Electroconvulsive therapy
39(2)
Schizophrenia
41(4)
Epidemiology
41(1)
Etiology
41(1)
Clinical signs and symptoms
41(2)
Prognosis and treatment
43(2)
Mood Disorders
45(4)
Definition, categories, and epidemiology
45(1)
Etiology
45(1)
Clinical signs and symptoms
46(1)
Clinical course
47(1)
Differential diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
47(2)
Cognitive Disorders
49(4)
Overview
49(1)
Delirium
49(1)
Dementia
49(2)
Amnestic disorders
51(1)
Dementia caused by HIV infection
52(1)
Other Psychiatric Disorders
53(6)
Anxiety disorders
53(1)
Somatoform and related disorders
53(2)
Personality disorders
55(1)
Dissociative disorders
55(1)
Obesity and eating disorders
56(1)
Neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood
57(2)
Suicide
59(2)
Epidemiology
59(1)
Suicide attempts
59(1)
Risk factors
59(2)
Psychological and Biologic Functioning
61(6)
Psychological tests
61(1)
Intelligence tests
61(1)
Achievement tests
62(1)
Personality tests
62(1)
Neuropsychological tests
63(1)
Psychological evaluation of the patient with psychiatric symptoms
63(1)
Biologic evaluation of the patient with psychiatric symptoms
64(3)
The Family, Culture, and Illness
67(4)
The family
67(1)
United States culture
68(3)
Sexuality and Aggression
71(8)
Sexual development
71(1)
Gonadal hormones and sexuality
72(1)
The sexual response cycle
73(1)
Sexual dysfunction
73(1)
Paraphilias
74(1)
Illness, injury, and aging
75(1)
Drugs and sexuality
76(1)
Aggression
76(1)
Sexual aggression: rape
77(2)
The Physician--Patient Relationship
79(4)
The ill patient
79(1)
Compliance
79(1)
The clinical interview
80(1)
The psychobiology of chronic pain
80(3)
Stress and Illness
83(3)
Emotional responses
83(1)
The hospitalized patient
83(1)
Patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
84(1)
Stress and illness
84(1)
Stress and life events
84(2)
Systems of Health Care Delivery
86(5)
Hospitals
86(1)
Nursing homes and hospices
86(1)
Delivery of health care
87(1)
Physicians
87(1)
Costs of health care
88(1)
Health insurance
88(1)
Socioeconomic factors
89(1)
Causes of death
89(2)
Legal and Ethical Issues in Medical Practice
91(3)
Legal issues in health care
91(1)
Legal issues involving death
92(2)
Epidemiology
94(5)
Definition
94(1)
Incidence and prevalence
94(1)
Research study design
94(1)
Relative and attributable risk and the odds ratio
94(2)
Testing
96(3)
Statistical Analyses
99(1)
Statistical tests, central tendency, and distribution
99(1)
Hypothesis testing
100

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