- 115 pages
- English
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About this book
An accurate and accessible survey of modern psychological theory and practice, this reference offers professional writers practical advice for incorporating psychological elements into their work. With easy-to-understand explanations and definitions, this book is an invaluable resource for any writer wishing to add realistic details to scenes that depict psychologists, mental illnesses and disorders, and psychotherapeutic treatments. Designed around the needs of professional fiction and nonfiction writers, this is an easy-to-use resource that includes historical and modern psychological treatments and terms and refutes popularly held misconceptions.
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Diseases & AllergiesTable of contents
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- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Your Primary-Care Physician
- 2 Better Ready than Not
- 3 In the Office
- 4 Your Doctor’s Staff
- 5 The Internet: Your Ally in Gathering Information
- 6 I Can’t Swallow That! Prescriptions
- 7 The Scary, Expensive, Amazing, Wonderful World of Tests
- 8 It Sometimes Comes to this: “You need surgery.”
- 9 Getting a Second Opinion
- 10 The Ubiquitous Paperwork: Navigating the Records Maze
- 11 Being an Advocate: Talking to the Doctor for Someone Else
- Patients Tool Kit
- Web Sites of Interest
- Suggested Reading
- Index
- About the Author
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