Section 1. The doctor & patient -- Section 2. Working with specific populations -- Section 3. Health-related behavior -- Section 4. Mental & behavioral disorders -- Section 5. Special topics -- Section 6. Teaching behavioral medicine in medical settings.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on August 25, 2010.

Print version c2008.

Revised ed. of: Behavioral medicine in primary care. 2nd ed., c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The medical interview ; Empathy ; Giving bad news ; Difficult patients/difficult situations ; Suggestion & hypnosis ; Practitioner well-being ; Mindful practice ; Families ; Children ; Adolescents ; Older patients ; Cross-cultural communication ; Women ; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender (LGBT) patients ; Vulnerable patients ; Behavior change ; Patient adherence ; Smoking ; Obesity ; Eating disorders ; Alcohol & substance use ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ; Somatization ; Personality disorders ; Dementia & delirium ; Sleep disorders ; Sexual problems ; Complementary & alternative medicine ; Stress & disease ; Pain ; HIV/AIDS ; Mistakes in medical practice ; Intimate partner violence ; Chronic illness & patient self-management ; Palliative care, hospice, & care of the dying ; Education for competencies in the social & behavioral sciences ; Professionalism ; Connections & boundaries in clinical practice ; Training of international medical graduates ; Trainee well-being.

This text contains the full range of behavioural issues confronting primary care clinicians. It covers the psychosocial problems commonly seen in primary care practice and presents clinically relevant approaches to their solution.

Also issued in print.