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Dimensions of behavior /
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 th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Butterworth,
1978.
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| Colección: | Psychiatric foundations of medicine ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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