Behavioral Medicine

J. M. Smyth; M. J. Zawadzki

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397045-9.00148-8

Behavioral Medicine

J. M. Smyth, M. J. Zawadzki

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Behavioral medicine is a multidisciplinary field that integrate, behavioral, psychological, sociological, and biomedical science, knowledge and techniques to better understand and treat health and illness. Behavioral medicine examines the influence of multiple pathways to disease that operate within and across individual, group, and societal levels. The goals of behavioral medicine are to provide comprehensive care that includes prevention of disease and promotion of health, better diagnosis and treatment of illness, and enhanced rehabilitation and recovery following disease.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	156-162
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123970459
ISBN (Print)	9780123977533
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397045-9.00148-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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General Psychology

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