Behavioral Medicine revisited: An amended definition

• DOI: 10.1007/bf00846677
• Publication Date: 2004-12-23T18:51:25Z
• Authors: Gary E. Schwartz; Stephen M. Weiss
• Keywords: Behavior Therapy; Research; 05 social sciences; Sick Role; Humans; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Psychophysiologic Disorders; 3. Good health

Behavioral Medicine is the field concerned with the development of behavioralscience knowledge and techniques relevant to the understanding of physical health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Psychosis, neurosis and substance abuse are included only insofar as they contribute to physical disorders as an endpoint.