This book seeks to redress the balance by providing the reader with a sound informational framework on human behavior in illness and health - and applies this knowledge to compassionate care of the patient. The Biopsychological Model, The Biopsychological Model in Medical Practice, Culture and Ethnicity and Behavior and the Practice of Medicine, Two Fundamental Psychological Theories of Human Behavior, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Behavioral and Social Learning Psychology, Human Development, Human Sexual Development and Physiology, Childhood and Adolescent Development, Adult Development, The Family in Human Development and Medical Practice, The Behavioral and Psychobiologic Effects of Developmental Trauma, Biological Basis of Behavior, Ethology and Human Behavior, Neuro biologic Aspects of Behavior, Behavioral Genetics, Clinical Applications, Supportive Psychologic Care of the Medically III, Appendices, Index.