Behavioral medicine : a guide for clinical practice / editors, Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen ; associate editor, Jason Satterfield.

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1. The doctor and patient. The medical interview -- Empathy -- Giving bad news -- Difficult patients/difficult situations -- Suggestions and hypnosis -- Practitioner well-being -- Mindful practice. 2. Global health. Global health and behavioral medicine -- Environment, health, and behavior -- Training of international medical graduates. 3. Working with specific populations. Families -- Children -- Adolescents -- Older patients -- Cross-cultural communications -- Women -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients -- Vulnerable patients. 4. Health related behavior. Behavior change -- Patient adherence -- Tobacco use -- Obesity -- Eating disorders -- Alcohol and substance use. 5. Mental and behavioral disorders. Depression -- Anxiety -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Personality disorders -- Dementia and Delirium -- Sleep disorders -- Sexual problems. 6. Special topics. Integrative medicine -- Stress and disease -- Pain -- HIV/AIDS -- Errors in medical practice -- Intimate partner violence -- Chronic illness and patient self-management -- Palliative care, hospice, and care of the dying. 7. Teaching and assessment. Competency-based education for behavioral medicine -- Teaching behavioral medicine: theory and practice -- Assessing learners and curricula in the behavioral and social sciences -- Evidence-based behavioral practice -- Narrative medicine -- Educating for professionalism -- Trainee well-being.