Occupation or Discipline
behavioral medicine
[ bih-heyv-yer-al med-uh-sin ]
Subclass of:
Behavioral Sciences; Medicine
Definitions related to behavioral medicine:
  • Interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical science, knowledge, and techniques relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation; for thorough searching see RTs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical science, knowledge, and techniques relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The study, prevention, and treatment of medical and psychosomatic disorders and of undesirable behaviors, such as overeating and substance abuse, by the application of behavior therapy techniques, such as biofeedback, relaxation training, and hypnosis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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