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A clearly written, introductory psychiatric text guided by the current Institute of Medicine domains and including national board-style review questions
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
An Introduction and Study Guide for Medical Students
edited by David A. Baron and Ellen H. Sholevar
This uniquely formatted text that combines introductory psychiatry content with board-style review questions has been written as a useful guide for first- and second-year medical students and other mental health professional students. Psychiatry and Behavioral Science is intended to be used as an indispensible text for pre-clinical psychiatric education. The user-friendly split page format includes clinical vignettes, “fun facts,” and relevant art work. Each chapter contains board review questions that prepare the medical student for the USMLE and COMLEX examinations. By using a clinical approach consistent with the needs of today’s medical and other mental health professional students, the authors prepare these students for their exams and clinical rotations. The text is also designed to prepare international students for United States residency programs. Non-medical persons interested in learning more about the basics of psychiatry and behavioral and social factors affecting health will find this volume compelling.
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Contents
Preface
Section I: The Journey Of Life
1. The Early Years of Childhood
2. The Elementary School and Teenage Years
3. Young Adulthood
4. Middle Adulthood and Aging
5. Human Sexuality
Section II: Life's Vicissitudes
6. Stress and Coping
7. In Sickness and in Health
8. Substance-Related Disorders
9. Interpersonal Violence
10. Suicide
Section III: Healing and the Physician
11. The Medical Student and Physician
12. The Clinical Encounter
13. Major Psychiatric Disorders and Medicine
14. Social and Cultural Issues
15. Health Policy and Economics
About the Contributors
About the Author(s)
David A. Baron MSEd, DO, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Temple University School of Medicine.
Ellen H. Sholevar, MD, is Professor, Vice Chair for Education, and Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Temple University School of Medicine.