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The Board Review Series (BRS) is aimed at providing basic knowledge as it relates to clinical situations and is used primarily by medical students studying for the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE). BRS Behavioral Science, Fifth Edition covers material on this subject that is addressed on USMLE Step 1, written in outline format to provide an efficient method of studying behavioral science for USMLE. The book includes at least 500 USMLE-style questions with accompanying annotated answers. An exam follows each chapter and a Comprehensive Exam is included at the end of the book. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an interactive question bank.

The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy Through Preschool	p. 1
School Age, Adolescence, Special Issues of Development, and Adulthood	p. 13
Aging, Death, and Bereavement	p. 23
Genetics, Anatomy, and Biochemistry of Behavior	p. 31
Biological Assessment of Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms	p. 44
Psychoanalytic Theory and Defense Mechanisms	p. 52
Learning Theory	p. 60
Clinical Assessment of Patients with Behavioral Symptoms	p. 69
Substance Abuse	p. 77
Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders	p. 91
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	p. 103
Mood Disorders	p. 113
Anxiety, Somatoform and Factitious Disorders, and Malingering	p. 124
Cognitive, Personality, Dissociative, and Eating Disorders	p. 136
Psychiatric Disorders in Children	p. 150
Biologic Therapies: Psychopharmacology	p. 158
Psychological Therapies	p. 172
The Family, Culture, and Illness	p. 180
Sexuality	p. 189
Aggression and Abuse	p. 203
The Physician-Patient Relationship	p. 213
Psychosomatic Medicine	p. 225
Legal and Ethical Issues in Medicine	p. 233
Health Care in the United States	p. 249
Epidemiology	p. 259
Statistical Analyses	p. 273
Comprehensive Examination	p. 282
Index	p. 309
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BRS Behavioral Science

BRS Behavioral Science

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