Psychiatry and Psychology

Behavioral Medicine

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Medicine, Behavioral
  • Health Psychology
  • Psychology, Health
  • Health Psychologies
  • Psychologies, Health

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. F04.096w.080w
  2. H02w.403w.090w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Behavioral Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001524. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001524
  2. Behavioral Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_medicine
  3. Behavioral Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332444