Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 535 p.)
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ill.
Content:
"The purpose of this hook is to present an integrated approach to the understanding; of human behavior as a foundation for the study of psychiatry and clinical psychology. The method of presentation followed is to state only those theoretical constructs that have the widest acceptance and to give the experimental and clinical evidence from which they are derived. In teaching a beginning course in psychiatry for the past twelve years the author has faced the necessity of selecting and organizing the essential topics and the best of the evidence available, rigorously excluding whatever proved to be redundant or confusing. This is the plan used in the present book Three criteria were adopted for the material to be included. In the first place, the importance of the topic had to be consonant with inclusion in a brief treatment for a single course in a crowded curriculum. Second, even with some sacrifice of brevity, a rounded treatment of each topic was attempted Finally, the author has endeavored to integrate the theoretical concepts of the behaviorist, Gestalt, and Freudian schools. Teaching experience indicates that unrelated facts or concepts merely battle "students. without aiding their understanding. Or the other hand, presenting the course from the standpoint of only one school introduces a bias into the whole subject. Ideas from the various schools have been included if they throw additional light on human behavior and if they are supported by the best experimental and clinical evidence available at present. The book is intended primarily for use in a first-year course in psychiatry, serving somewhat the same purpose as a text in chemistry for the future internist or one in anatomy for the future surgeon. The student preparing himself to be a clinical psychologist, because of the training he will undergo during his internship and the likelihood that he will pursue his specialty in a medical situation, requires the same background as the medical student. In the author's opinion, psychiatry and clinical psychology alike stand in need of a theoretical approach based upon evidence that has been tested both experimentally and clinically. The text may also serve as a source of background information for psychologists, psychiatrists, internists, sociologists. educators, and other technologists in human behavior"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2005; Available via the World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2005 dcunns
Language:
English
