Practicing Medicine…Behaviorally

Reviews the book, Behavioral Medicine: Clinical Applications. Wiley Series on Personality Processes by Susan S. Pinkerton, Howard Hughes, and W. W. Wenrich (1982). This book is a good introduction to the field of behavioral medicine. It represents a major direction of present clinical perspective. Each chapter is based on the practical literature and considers interactions between various current intervention strategies. Both text and references cite a large number of biofeedback studies when compared with studies of other treatment approaches. The authors have presented a practical overview of treatment applications based on behavioral approaches applied to medical problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)