1st Edition

Behavioural Medicine in Primary Care A Global Perspective

By Julie M Schirmer, Alain J Montegut Copyright 2009
184 Pages
by CRC Press

184 Pages
by CRC Press

This textbook provides strategies for primary health professionals to apply behavioral medicine principles and concepts. Many behavioral medicine textbooks assume a Western care model, where providers receive behavioral health training and have access to behavioral medicine specialists. However, in many international practice care environments providers receive minimal behavioral medicine... Read more
Behavioral Medicine: Principles and Practice. Why Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care Training? The Mind-Body Connection: Patients with Somatic Complaints with No Organic Cause. Behavioral Change. Family Systems in Behavioral Health. Social and Cultural Influences on Health. The Management of Common Mental Health Concerns in Primary Care. Psychosocial Treatments in Primary Care. Physician and Practitioner Well-Being. Developing Behavioral Medicine in International Settings.

Biography

Julie M Schirmer, Alain J Montegut