Behavioral medicine
Behavioral Medicine
Behavioral medicine (pronounced: bee-HAY-vyer-uhl MED-uh-sin) is an interdisciplinary field of medicine that focuses on the integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological, and social sciences relevant to health and illness.
Etymology
The term "behavioral medicine" was first coined in the 1970s by Joseph V. Brady and Lee Birk. The term was derived from the words "behavior," which refers to the actions or reactions of a person in response to external or internal stimuli, and "medicine," which refers to the science or practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease.
Related Terms
- Health Psychology: A branch of psychology that focuses on how mental, emotional, and social factors affect physical health and illness.
- Psychosomatic Medicine: A subspecialty of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of physical conditions that are caused or aggravated by mental factors.
- Preventive Medicine: The branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease rather than curing it.
- Biopsychosocial Model: A broad view that attributes disease outcome to the intricate, variable interaction of biological factors (genetic, biochemical, etc), psychological factors (mood, personality, behavior, etc.), and social factors (cultural, familial, socioeconomic, medical, etc.).
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Behavioral medicine
- Wikipedia's article - Behavioral medicine
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