Understanding Human Behavior: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (MindTap Course List)

✍ Scribed by Alyson Honeycutt

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 338
• Edition: 10
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Inspiring your future as a health care professional, Honeycutt's UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 10th Edition, delivers reliable, practical information that equips you with a solid understanding of basic psychological and behavioral concepts from a health care perspective. Updated with the latest industry trends and examples, it streamlines coverage spanning a wide, useful range of important mental health topics -- and their implications for you as a health care professional. It includes updated coverage of cultural bias and competence; developmental disorders; trauma-informed care; drug use in the U.S.; alternative, complementary and integrative medicine; stress-management and much more. This powerful resource presents both client and caregiver perspectives, exploring the behaviors, emotions and coping mechanisms you may encounter in a variety of health care situations and settings. Practical examples and activities help you apply what you learn to real-world scenarios.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Preface
Section I: Becoming a Health Care Professional
Chapter 1: Challenges and Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals
Challenges and Satisfactions in Health Care
Providing Client-Centered Care
Practicing Habits That Lead to Success
Practicing Empowerment
Chapter 2: The Philosophy of Individual Worth and Equitable Care
The Meaning of Individual Worth
What Is Bias?
Promoting Equity in Health Care
Practicing Cultural Awareness
Cultural Competence and Health Care Outcomes
Chapter 3: Self-Awareness
Understanding Learning
Developing a Growth Mindset
Your Role As a Health Care Professional
Your Life Roles
Managing Your Time
Section II: Understanding Human Behavior
Chapter 4: Influences on Behavior
The Basis of Human Behavior
How People Are Alike and Different
Genetic Influences on Behavior
The Developmental Process
How Physical and Social Environments Shape Behavior
Assuming Responsibility for Behavior
Chapter 5: Physical Needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Importance of the Hierarchy of Needs
Physical Needs
Comfort and Safety Needs
Physical Needs and Behavior
Chapter 6: Social and Emotional Needs
Social Needs
Self Esteem, Self-Concept, and Self-Awareness
Self-Actualization
Environmental and Cultural Influences on Social/Emotional Needs
Social/Emotional Competence for Health Care Professionals
Chapter 7: Emotions and Behavior
Meaning, Importance, and Physiological Effects of Emotions
Stress
Positive and Negative Emotions
Formation of Emotional Patterns
Using Emotions Constructively
Chapter 8: Adjustment and Patterns of Behavior
Understanding Adjustment
Emotions and Adjustment
Frustrations and Satisfactions in Daily Life
Improving Adjustment
Adapting to the Role of Health Care Professional
Section III: Behavior and Problems in Living
Chapter 9: Common Threats to Adjustment
Adjustment Through Stages of Life
Adjusting to Life Changes
Social and Cultural Stressors
Chronic Stressors
Coping Skills and Resilience
Chapter 10: Effects of Trauma
What Is Trauma?
Traumatic Experiences
Domestic Violence
Reactions to Trauma
Trauma-Informed Care
Chapter 11: Defense Mechanisms
The Purpose of Defense Mechanisms
Common Defense Mechanisms
Substance Abuse and Dependency
Defense Mechanisms and Adjustment
Chapter 12: Frustration and Inner Conflict
Understanding Frustration
Effects of Frustration
Coping with Frustration and Inner Conflict
Frustration, Inner Conflict, and the Health Care Professional
Section IV: Effective Human Relations and Communication
Chapter 13: Effects of Illness on Behavior
Physical Effects of Illness
Emotional Effects of Illness
Effects of Serious Illness on Behavior
The Challenge for Health Care Professionals
Chapter 14: Human Relations and Coping with Patient Behavior
Practicing Effective Patient Relations
Helping Patients Adjust to Illness
Guidelines for Interacting with Patients and Clients
Common Behavior Patterns of Patients
Chapter 15: Practicing Effective Communication
Observing and Interpreting Nonverbal Behavior
Verbal Communication
Paraverbal Communication
Effective Listening
Improving Communication Skills
Section V: Death and Loss
Chapter 16: Grief and Loss Throughout Life
Coping with Change and Loss
Losses Throughout Life
Losses due to Death
Understanding Grief
Role of Health Care Professionals
Chapter 17: Death: Attitudes and Practices
Changing Attitudes and Practices
The Meaning of Death
Death with Dignity
Issues Related to Care of the Dying
Legal Aspects of the Right to Die
A Challenge for Health Care Professionals
Chapter 18: Caring for the Dying Person
Reactions to Diagnosis of a Terminal Illness
Dying as a Growth Process
Personal and Family Issues Related to Care of the Dying
Medical Issues Related to Care of the Dying
Rights of the Dying Person
Roles of Health Care Professionals
Section VI: Trends in Health Care
Chapter 19: Health Care Through the Ages
Healing in Early Civilizations
Evolution of Modern Health Care
Allopathic Medicine and Alternative Approaches
Innovations in Modern Medicine
Issues in Health Care
Staying Informed
Chapter 20: What Is Healing? Who Is the Healer?
Factors That Affect Healing
Who Gets Sick? Who Gets Well?
The Holistic Approach to Health Care
What Is Legitimate Therapy?
Role of the Health Care Professional
Chapter 21: Managing Stress
Understanding Stress
Managing Stress
Reducing Physiological Effects of Stress
Glossary
Index