Behavioral Medicine: Assessment and Treatment Strategies

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Professional and Legal Issues in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Operant Conditioning....Pages 19-43
Cognitive Learning Approaches....Pages 45-68
Relaxation Training and Relaxation-Related Procedures....Pages 69-81
Biofeedback....Pages 83-116
Social Skills and Physical Disability....Pages 117-144
Muscle Training....Pages 145-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
The Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Essential Hypertension....Pages 175-198
Chronic Headache....Pages 199-249
Behavior Control of Seizure Disorders....Pages 251-268
Chronic Pain....Pages 269-293
Obesity and Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 295-316
Urological Disorders....Pages 317-346
Addictive Behaviors....Pages 347-369
Sexual Disorders....Pages 371-406
Movement Disorders....Pages 407-433
Respiratory Disorders....Pages 435-446
Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Some Behavioral Approaches to Treatment of Insomnia....Pages 447-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Psychological Sequelae to Rape....Pages 473-497
Burn Patients....Pages 499-525
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Compliance and Medicine....Pages 527-545
Geriatric Patients....Pages 547-562
The Chronically Anxious Patient....Pages 563-580
The Mistreating Parent....Pages 581-602
Back Matter....Pages 603-628