Fadem Barbara. BRS Behavioral Science. South Asian Edition

8th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2021. — 379 p. — ISBN 978-1-9751-1836-5.Offering current coverage of behavioral science, psychiatry, epidemiology, and related topics, BRS Behavioral Science, Eighth South Asian Edition, prepares students to rapidly recall key information on the mind-body relationship and confidently apply that knowledge on exams and in practice. The popular BRS format presents essential information in a succinct, streamlined approach preferred by today’s busy students, accompanied by hundreds of USMLE-style review questions with detailed answers and explanations to help strengthen students’ exam readiness. This updated edition equips students with the latest clinical findings and perspectives in areas they’ll likely encounter on their exams, including up-to-date information on newly FDA-approved psychopharmacology agents, implications of the Affordable Care Act and other healthcare legislation, current neuroimaging techniques, newly identified substances of abuse, and contemporary examples of vital statistics such as birth rate, infant mortality rate, and more.The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy through Preschool
School Age, Adolescence, Special Issues of Development, and Adulthood
Aging, Death, and Bereavement
Genetics, Anatomy, and Biochemistry of Behavior
Biological Assessment of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms
Psychoanalytic Theory and Defense Mechanisms
Learning Theory
Clinical Assessment of Patients with Behavioral Symptoms
Substance-Related Disorders
Typical Sleep and Sleep–Wake Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Depressive Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders
Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive–Compulsive and Related Disorders
Neurocognitive, Personality, Dissociative, and Eating Disorders
Psychiatric Disorders in Children
Biologic Therapies: Psychopharmacology
Psychological Therapies
The Family, Culture, and Illness
Sexuality
Aggression and Abuse
The Physician–Patient Relationship
Psychosomatic Medicine
Legal and Ethical Issues in Medicine
Health Care in the United States
Medical Epidemiology
Statistical Analyses