Behavioral Sciences - Medical School Crash Courses

AudioLearn's Medical School Crash Courses presents Behavioral Sciences.

Written by experts and authorities in the field and professionally narrated for easy listening, this crash course is a valuable tool both during school and when preparing for the USMLE, or if you're simply interested in behavioral sciences. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical medical school behavioral sciences course. Included are both capsule and detailed explanations of critical issues and topics you must know to master behavioral sciences. The material is accurate, up to date, and broken down into bite-sized sections. There is a Q&A and a key takeaways section following each topic to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points. In this course, we'll discuss the following:

The beginning of pregnancy through preschoolSchool age and adolescenceThe challenges of early and middle adulthoodAging, death, and bereavementGenetics, anatomy, and the biochemistry of behaviorBiological assessment of patients with psychiatric symptomsSleepPsychodynamic factors in behaviorLearning theoryPsychological assessment of patients with behavioral symptomsPsychological therapiesSchizophrenia and other disordersMood disordersSuicideAnxiety disorders and related disordersSomatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingeringObesity and dissociative disordersCognitive and eating disordersDoctor-patient communicationPsychosomatic medicineEthical and legal issues in medicineSystems of healthcare deliveryMedical epidemiology and biostatisticsAlso included is a comprehensive test containing the top 100 most commonly tested questions in behavioral sciences with the correct answers.