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Dimensions of behavior
Title:
Dimensions of behavior
Author:
Balis, George U.
ISBN:
9780409950090
9781483164212
Publication Information:
Boston : Butterworth, 1978.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 549 pages) : illustrations
Series:
The Psychiatric foundations of medicine ; v. 1
Psychiatric foundations of medicine ; v. 1.
Contents:
Front Cover; Dimensions of Behavior: The Psychiatric Foundations of Medicine; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Introductory Concepts and Evolution; Part I: Psychiatry and Medicine; Chapter 1. The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine; THE TWO POSITIONS; THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL; HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF THE REDUCTIONIST BIOMEDICAL MODEL; LIMITATIONS OF THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL; THE REQUIREMENTS OF A NEW MEDICAL MODEL; THE ADVANTAGES OF A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL; A CHALLENGE FOR BOTH MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY; GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY PERSPECTIVE
BIOMEDICINE AS SCIENCE AND AS DOGMAREFERENCES; Chapter 2. Historical Development of Psychological Thinking in Medicine; TWO BASIC PHILOSOPHICAL MODELS OF THE MIND; THE SOUL IN MYTHICAL CONSCIOUSNESS; THE CONCEPTS OF MENTAL DISEASE; THE THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE LEADING PARADIGMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. The Evolving Status of Psychiatry in Medicine; THE IDENTITY OF THE PSYCHIATRIST; REFERENCES; Part II: The Study of Man; Chapter 4. Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Man; PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MAN; THE PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MAN
THE ESSENTIALIST VIEWPOINTTHE EXISTENTIALIST VIEWPOINT; THE STUFF OF WHICH MAN IS MADE; MAN AS A LANGUAGE USER AND AS A PURPOSIVE AGENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Epistemological Foundations for the Study of Man; Chapter 6. Psychosocial Aspects of Scientific Investigation; THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS; EIGHT RESEARCH MAXIMS; A HUMAN ENDEAVOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. General Systems Theory and Biosystems: An Introduction; MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SYSTEMS THEORIZING; BASIC ASPECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF BIOSYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Part III: Evolutionary Dimensions of Behavior
Chapter 8. Phylogenetic Organization of the Central Nervous SystemREFERENCES; Chapter 9. Adaptation and Evolution of Behavior; A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TAXONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS: THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATEDNESS OF BEHAVIOR; TELEONOMY: THE ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIORAL GENETICS: GENES AND BEHAVIORAL ONTOGENY; A COMMENTARY ON HUMAN ORGANIC AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Extrapolations from Ethological Studies; ETHOLOGY; SOME CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM ETHOLOGICAL STUDIES
RATIONALE FOR THE UTILITY OF ETHOLOGICAL MODELS IN PSYCHIATRYEXAMPLES OF EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM ETHOLOGY; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Extrapolations from Laboratory Animal Studies; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANIMAL RESEARCH; THE LIMITS OF GENERALIZATION; REFERENCES; Development; Part IV: Biological Foundations of Human Development; Chapter 12. Ontogenesis of the Central Nervous System and Behavior; MORPHOGENESIS; INTRODUCTION TO ONTOGENY OF BEHAVIOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Genetic Determinants of Behavior: The Nature-Nurture Controversy; GENETICS AS THE SCIENCE OF VARIATION AND CONTROL
Abstract:
Dimensions of Behavior: The Psychiatric Foundations of Medicine provides the general background of the field and lays the foundations of the origins of behavior. It is a modern textbook of psychiatry written specifically for medical students and physicians. In its comprehensive scope, it contains the contributions of all the disciplines that are relevant to the behavioral, psychological, social, and humanistic aspects of medicine, as well as the contributions of clinical psychiatry that constitute an integral part of the healing art and science of medicine. The book is organized into six parts.
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| RC454 .D54 | 1175756-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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