Main description:

Empowering you as a future health care professional, UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 9e, delivers reliable, practical information that equips you with a solid understanding of basic psychological concepts from a health care perspective. Updated with the latest industry trends and examples, the text offers streamlined coverage that spans a broad but valuable range of important mental health topics -- as well as their implications for you as a health care professional. It includes new coverage of cultural bias and cultural competence; developmental disorders; trauma-informed care; drug use in the U.S.; alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine; stress-management techniques; and much more. Presenting both client and caregiver perspectives, this powerful resource explores the behaviors, emotions, and coping mechanisms you may encounter in a variety of health care situations and settings. Practical examples and activities help you apply what you learn to real-world scenarios.

Contents:

Section I: BECOMING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
1. Challenges and Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals.
2. The Philosophy of Individual Worth.
3. Self-Understanding.
Section II: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
4. Influences on Behavior.
5. Physical Needs.
6. Self-Esteem and Social Needs.
7. Emotions and Behavior.
8. Adjustment and Patterns of Behavior.
Section III: BEHAVIOR AND PROBLEMS IN LIVING.
9. Common Threats to Adjustment.
10. Effects of Trauma.
11. Defense Mechanisms.
12. Frustration and Inner Conflict.
Section IV: EFFECTIVE HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATION.
13. Effects of Illness on Behavior.
14. Human Relations and Coping with Patient Behavior.
15. Practicing Effective Communication.
Section V: DEATH AND LOSS.
16. Grief and Loss throughout Life.
17. Death: Attitudes and Practices.
18. Caring for the Dying Person.
Section VI: TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE.
19. Health Care through the Ages.
20. What Is Healing? Who Is the Healer?
21. Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine.
22. Managing Stress.
Glossary.
Index.