Behavioral Science in Medicine [With Web Access]

By Barbara Fadem

Book Overview

NOW UPDATED TO DSM-5 Behavioral Science in Medicine introduces medical students to the science of human behavior. Organized to mirror the behavioral science/psychiatry course taught in the first two years, this text effectively teaches the major concepts of this complex subject and prepares students for board exams. The Second Edition is appropriate for courses in Behavioral Science alone but also for courses that merge Behavioral Science and Neuroscience. The increased depth of coverage of psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and pediatric psychiatry, also makes the Second Edition appropriate for use in Clinical Psychiatry courses in the third and fourth year.Chapter-opening outlines list the major topics coveredInformation presented according to the classifications and terminology of the DSM-5Emphasis placed on the concepts tested on Steps 1 & 2 of the USMLEClinical case scenarios and USMLE-style questions with answers and explanations included for each chapter

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609136640
• ISBN13: 9781609136642
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Straightforward

This book is straightforward and an excellent resource if Dr. Fadem teaches in your MBB course.

Psychology & Psychiatry for Basic Sciences

This is a good reference book for Psychology and or Psychiatry during Basic Sciences. It has some good practise questions and charts to help you learn what you need to know.

review of Fadem - Behavioral Science in Medicine

well this book is required reading for my neuroscience/psychiatry class. doesnt give me too much leeway in deciding whether or not i want to buy it. fortunately for me, its well written, to the point, and occiasionally entertaining (did you know alcohol is good for you? i thought that maens like one glass of wine with dinner two or three times a week. i was wrong - it means 4+ drinks 4+ nights a week. thats a lot of drinking.) anyway it probably varies from medical school to medical school, but since fadem is my professor for this course, the topics highlited in the book are exactly what is stressed on the exams. hopefully that extends in general at other medical schools since she also writes for the NBME and so what she thinks is important *should* also be considered important by the NBME and so by other medical schools as well.

An amazing and comprehensive book

I absolutely love this book. It does a great job integrating psychology, psychiatry and behavioral science and biostats, and epi. Best of all it is written by the same author as BRS behavioral sciences and high yield behavior science. Worth the extra 100 pages of reading.