Behavioral medicine in primary care : a practical guide / edited by Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feldman, Mitchell D.

Christensen, John F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine and psychology.

Clinical psychology.

Behavioral Medicine.

Primary Health Care.

Medical Subjects:

Behavioral Medicine.

Primary Health Care.

Physical Description:

xvi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Summary:

Authored by nationally recognized experts, this outstanding reference offers essential behavioral insights and practical management strategies that will help clinicians and students build a strong relationship with their patients and ensure that they provide the best possible treatment for medical and psychiatric disorders. No other resource so effectively examines how behavior - from the standpoint of the clinician as well as the patient -- affects treatment decisions and results.

Contents:

Section I. The Doctor & Patient 1

1. The Medical Interview / Mack Lipkin, Jr. 1

2. Empathy / Barry Egener 10

3. Giving Bad News / Geoffrey H. Gordon 17

4. Difficult Patients / Howard B. Beckman 23

5. Sexual Issues and Professional Development: A Challenge for Medical Education / Richard M. Frankel, Sarah Williams, Elizabeth A. Edwardsen 33

6. Suggestion & Hypnosis / John F. Christensen 45

7. Physician Well-being / Anthony L. Suchman, Gita Ramamurthy 54

Section II. Working with Specific Populations 59

8. Families / Steven R. Hahn 59

9. Children / Howard L. Taras 76

10. Adolescents / Lawrence S. Friedman 86

11. Older Patients / Clifford Milo Singer, Linda Ganzini, Stephen R. Jones 94

12. Cross-Cultural Communication / Thomas Denberg, Melissa Welch, Mitchell D. Feldman 103

13. Lesbian & Gay Patients / Jocelyn C. White 114

14. Women / Martina J. Jelley, E. Montez Mutzig, Judith Walsh 121

Section III. Health-Related Behavior 135

15. Behavior Change / Daniel O'Connell 135

16. Patient Adherence / M. Robin DiMatteo 150

17. Smoking / Nancy A. Rigotti 155

18. Obesity / Robert B. Baron 162

19. Eating Disorders / Steven J. Romano, Katherine A. Halmi 168

20. Alcohol & Substance Use / William D. Clark 173

Section IV. Mental & Behavioral Disorders 187

21. Depression / Steven A. Cole, John F. Christensen, Mary Raju Cole, Mitchell D. Feldman 187

22. Anxiety / Jason M. Satterfield, Wendy Levinson 208

23. Somatization / John R. Chamberlain, Stuart J. Eisendrath 220

24. Personality Disorders / Adriana Feder, Seth Wigdor Robbins, Britta Ostermeyer 231

25. Dementia / William L. Lyons, Kristine Yaffe 253

26. Sleep Disorders / Clifford Milo Singer, Robert Sack 263

27. Sexual Problems / David G. Bullard, Harvey Caplan 274

Section V. Special Topics 293

28. Complementary & Alternative Medicine / Ellen Hughes, Susan Folkman 293

29. Stress & Disease / John F. Christensen, Jeffrey L. Boone 299

30. Pain / Gregory T. Smith, Douglas Beers 312

31. HIV/AIDS / Lisa Capaldini, Mitchell D. Feldman, Jeffrey H. Burack, Thomas J. Coates 321

32. Mistakes in Medical Practice / Albert W. Wu, Stephen J. McPhee, John F. Christensen 332

33. Domestic Violence / Mitchell D. Feldman 341

34. Chronic Illness / Gail F. Brenner 347

35. Death & Dying / Michael Eisman, Timothy E. Quill 356.

Notes:

"A Lange Medical Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previous ed.: New York: Appleton & Lange, 1997.

ISBN:

0071383360

OCLC:

51871221