High-Yield™ Behavioral Science (High-Yield Series) [Paperback]

Barbara Fadem (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781782589 | ISBN-13: 978-0781782586 | Publication Date: February 25, 2008 | Edition: Third

High-Yield™ Behavioral Science, Third Edition presents a concise review of the behavioral science material tested on the USMLE Step 1. The High-Yield™ outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE. Patient Snapshots present clinical scenarios and pose specific questions. Annotated answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. This edition is thoroughly updated, consistent with DSM-IV-TR, and reorganized into six major sections: The Life Cycle; Biological and Psychological Bases of Behavior; Psychopathology; Social Behavior; The Practice of Medicine; and Epidemiology and Statistics.

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-- 2nd Edition review: "It offers a succinct approach to basic study of philosophy, concept and theory development as related to nursing. It then provides a range of theories from a variety of sciences. It provides a framework in which to view nursing theorists and theories and does a nice job of presenting key components of these theories in a standardized format." -- 2nd Edition review: "It is well organized and the topic areas are thorough. The authors clearly and succinctly present information relevant to the topics at hand. The use of subheadings was particularly helpful in guiding the flow of content. The tables provided were also very helpful in highlighting key concepts and in the provision of definitions. I thought the book provided extremely helpful resources after each chapter, such as internet site addresses directly relevant to the content discussed. Overall, every aspect of this book, content and format, was very good." -- 2nd Edition review "There's a good foundational discussion in Chap. 1. The discussion of philosophy--theory development--analysis is well developed. The inclusion of new contemporary theories..." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (February 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781782589
• ISBN-13: 978-0781782586
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Barbara Fadem was born and grew up in New York City. She earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in zoology, subspecialty psychobiology, from Rutgers University and then joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at U.M.D.N.J. - New Jersey Medical School (NJMS). She has been a full professor at NJMS since 1994 and has published more than 40 basic research articles in such varied fields as behavioral neuroendocrinology and medical student education. Her first book, "BRS Behavioral Science," is now in its 5th edition and remains very popular with medical students studying for USMLE - Step 1. Her textbook, "Behavioral Science in Medicine," is used as a course text in medical schools in the United States as well as offshore.

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not the best, but good for a general understanding, June 5, 2005

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Juan J. Egas "Juan Jose Egas Valencia" (Guayaquil, Guayas Ecuador) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High-Yield Behavioral Science (Paperback)

This is a great book as a quick review and by using this book as your sole review source you could probably answer many questions of the test, but dont expect to ace it! This book is good (but not great) on many chapters specially on developement and psychopathology (enough to get the big clinical picture), but it is very weak on biostats. So if your looking for biostats, go look somewhere else! If you want to study from the best source there is, there's not much left... try kaplan notes and lectures wich I found best..
4 Stars for all the vital details I consider this book is lacking.. but stillit is an outstanding of review.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Required for school, June 13, 2011

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This review is from: Theoretical Basis for Nursing, Third Edition (Paperback)

It wasn't too boring, but was bland to read. I thought the authors were redundant and overly opinionated on certain topics. Its a "teaching" text, and the authors came across as providing their view rather than objective.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Review outside of Kaplan, October 5, 2008

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Alvaro E. Galvis (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High-Yield Behavioral Science (Paperback)

If you are not into the Kaplan format or don't have time this is the book for you. The chapter are short and to the point. You can maximize your Board score by looking at the chapters in Biostats (guaranteed to ghave at least 2 questions per block on this subject). Look into it and if you need a bit more details I suggest either the Goljan High Yield Notes or Kaplan Behavioral Sciences.