Contributions toward medical psychology: Theory and psychodiagnostic methods Vol 1.

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The purpose of this work is to present a balanced group of significant professional contributions by outstanding authorities in the field of medical psychology. This modern scientific approach to the study of health and disease, drawing upon psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychosomatic medicine, and other professional disciplines, has enlisted the efforts of scores of physicians, psychologists, anthropologists, and other students of human behavior. The editor's task has been to select and arrange the most pertinent, representative, and comprehensible statements from the current writing and published work of these authorities. Contributions Toward Medical Psychology......Page 1 Foreword......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Illustrations......Page 19 Tables......Page 25 Chapter 1 The Profession Of Psychology As Seen By A Doctor Of Medicine1......Page 29 Part I Psychology And Medicine......Page 27 Chapter 2 The Psychological Aspects Of Medicine......Page 38 Chapter 3 Theoretical Schools Of Psychology......Page 57 Chapter 4 Human Infancy And The Embryology Of Behavior......Page 77 Chapter 5 Needs And Drives Of Organisms......Page 109 Chapter 6 Determinants And Components Of Personality......Page 139 Chapter 7 What Is Normal Behavior?......Page 170 Chapter 8 Concept Of A Psychosomatic Affection......Page 205 Chapter 9 Guide To Interviewing And Clinical Personality Study......Page 219 Chapter 10 Technique Of Interviewing A Patient With Psychosomatic Disorder......Page 257 Chapter 11 The General-adaptation-syndrome In Its Relationships To Neurology, Psychology, And Psychopathology......Page 266 Chapter 12 Psychosomatic Aspects Of Childhood......Page 309 Chapter 13 Life Situations, Emotions, And Gastric Function: A Summary......Page 324 Chapter 14 Life Stress And Bodily Disease1......Page 353 Chapter 15 The Concept Of Culture And The Psychosomatic Approach......Page 408 Chapter 16 Personality And Chronic Illness......Page 438 Chapter 17 Psychosurgery......Page 450 Chapter 18 Rehabilitation And Convalescence: The Third Phase Of Medical Care......Page 478