20 Common Problems in Behavioral Health

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* Provides guidance on behavioral issues for primary care clinicians* Best available evidence-based, solutions-oriented guide to the patient issues you face daily* Clear answers on families with parenting and developmental issues, and children and adolescents with behavioral problems* Ways to ease patients¿ reactions to illness and assist in changing behaviors that prolong, perpetuate, or exacerbate their distress* Effective ways to help patients modify behaviors that increase their risk for illness and disease* Useful, current answers on complex issues such as sexual problems and eating disorders* Identifying and treating cases of abuse and violence* Strategies for caring for patients you find difficult, overcoming patient resistance, and encouraging therapeutic cooperation* Realistic guidelines on helping with end-of-life, loss, and grief issues* Evidence-based help with explicit psychological symptoms and syndromes, including anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, and somatoform symptoms* What every clinician needs to know about managing depression as a chronic disease* Tips that can make the partnership between you and your patients more comfortable and easy every day Other titles in the 20 Common Problems series include Dermatology, End of Life, Ethics, Pediatrics, Preventive Health, Primary Care, Surgery, Urology, and Women's Health Care.