From Neil Schneiderman's Foreword:
Because behavioral medicine has been constructed based on the understanding of relationships among behavior, psychosocial processes, and sociocultural contexts, the field is well positioned to take a leadership role in informing future health care policies. The field of behavioral medicine appears to have a bright, important future....
A small sampling of entries from Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine:
Abuse, child; Active coping; Adherence; Adrenaline; AIDS; Back pain; Behavioral medicine; Benefit-risk estimation; Binge eating; Bogalusa Heart Study; Cachexia; Cancer prevention; Cancer, testicular; Children's Health Study; Chronobiology; Coping strategies; Database development and management; Death, assisted; Developmental disabilities; Diabetes; Disparities; Eating disorders; Ecosocial theory; Effect modification; End-of-life care; Epigenetics; Expressive writing and health; Fall risk behavior; Family practice/medicine; Family, relationships; Fatigue; Foot care; Functional somatic syndromes; Galvanic skin response ; Gender differences ; Gene-environment interaction; Genetic polymorphisms ; Genital herpes ; Hamilton Anxiety Scale; Headaches, types of; Health systems; Hearing loss; Heart failure; Heart rate; Illness behavior; Immune function; Insomnia; Integrative medicine; Ischemic heart disease; Kaposi sarcoma; Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Study; Learned helplessness; Lifespan; Lifestyle, sedentary; Lipid abnormalities; Loneliness; Lung function; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maternal stress; Mean (average); Medication compliance; Methodology; Mini Mental State Examination; National Cancer Institute; National Children's Study; Negative affect; Neuroendocrine activation; Nigh shift workers and health; Obesity; Occupational therapy; Organ transplantation; Osteopenia/osteoporosis; Oxytocin; Pain; Pain anxiety; Palliative care; Panic attack; Physical activity interventions; Placebo effect; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Racism; Randomized clinical trial; Regression analysis; Resilience; Risk perception; Risky behavior; Secondary prevention; Selye, Hans; Self-medication; Self-monitoring; Stress test; Successful aging; Tachycardia; Theory of planned behavior; Therapy, physical; Tinnitus; Twin studies; Unipolar depression; Usual care; Validity; Vasoconstriction; Vassopressin; Verbal Rating Scale; Weiss, Stephen M.; Women's health; Women's Health Initiative; Worry; Wound healing; Yoga; Zung Depression Inventory
Basic Research
Behavioral medicine research methodology, design, implementation, interpretation, and reporting
Biological Mechanisms in Health Behavior Change
Genetics and genomics as they apply to risk factors and morbidity
Genetics/Environmental Interactions.
Laboratory assays, measurement and interpretation
Animal models
Specific disease pathophysiology from the list included under Clinical Investigations
Clinical Investigation: Translational Medicine: From Research to Practice
Adherence
Alcohol/Smoking/Substance Abuse
Behavioral cardiology
Behavioral oncology
Behavioral orthopedics and sports medicine
Chronic disease, pain, and disability
Depression, anxiety, other mental health issues
Diabetes/Metabolism/Nutrition/Obesity/Eating Disorders
Eating disorders, including obesity
Environmental and Contextual Factors in Health and Behavior Change
Infections Diseases/SARS/HIV/AIDS
Nutrition and exercise
Pain, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromuscular Disorders
Physical Activity
Psychoneuroimmunology
Sexual and reproductive health
Somatoform Disorders/Chronic Fatigue/Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Stress and coping
Substance abuse and addictive behavior (alcohol, drugs, tobacco)
Public Health
Adolescent health
Aging and quality of life
Behavioral Medicine in Medical Settings
Behavioral Medicine education and training programs
Childhood & Adolescence
Diversity Issues
Epidemiology
Health Communication and Technology
Healthcare policy and administration
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health Behaviors
Health Education and Promotion
Health Systems, Policy and Economics
Lifespan and a Developmental Lifespan Perspective
Population, Health Policy and Advocacy
Preventive Medicine
Public health
Quality of Life
Screening & Early Detection
Socioeconomic Factors, Culture, & Health
Women s
This is the first encyclopedia devoted to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. The overarching content structure is based on the three fundamental domains within behavioral medicine: public health, clinical investigation and basic research.
Because behavioral medicine has been constructed based on the understanding of relationships among behavior, psychosocial processes, and sociocultural contexts, the field is well positioned to take a leadership role in informing future health care policies. The field of behavioral medicine appears to have a bright, important future....
A small sampling of entries from Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine:
Abuse, child; Active coping; Adherence; Adrenaline; AIDS; Back pain; Behavioral medicine; Benefit-risk estimation; Binge eating; Bogalusa Heart Study; Cachexia; Cancer prevention; Cancer, testicular; Children's Health Study; Chronobiology; Coping strategies; Database development and management; Death, assisted; Developmental disabilities; Diabetes; Disparities; Eating disorders; Ecosocial theory; Effect modification; End-of-life care; Epigenetics; Expressive writing and health; Fall risk behavior; Family practice/medicine; Family, relationships; Fatigue; Foot care; Functional somatic syndromes; Galvanic skin response ; Gender differences ; Gene-environment interaction; Genetic polymorphisms ; Genital herpes ; Hamilton Anxiety Scale; Headaches, types of; Health systems; Hearing loss; Heart failure; Heart rate; Illness behavior; Immune function; Insomnia; Integrative medicine; Ischemic heart disease; Kaposi sarcoma; Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Study; Learned helplessness; Lifespan; Lifestyle, sedentary; Lipid abnormalities; Loneliness; Lung function; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maternal stress; Mean (average); Medication compliance; Methodology; Mini Mental State Examination; National Cancer Institute; National Children's Study; Negative affect; Neuroendocrine activation; Nigh shift workers and health; Obesity; Occupational therapy; Organ transplantation; Osteopenia/osteoporosis; Oxytocin; Pain; Pain anxiety; Palliative care; Panic attack; Physical activity interventions; Placebo effect; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Racism; Randomized clinical trial; Regression analysis; Resilience; Risk perception; Risky behavior; Secondary prevention; Selye, Hans; Self-medication; Self-monitoring; Stress test; Successful aging; Tachycardia; Theory of planned behavior; Therapy, physical; Tinnitus; Twin studies; Unipolar depression; Usual care; Validity; Vasoconstriction; Vassopressin; Verbal Rating Scale; Weiss, Stephen M.; Women's health; Women's Health Initiative; Worry; Wound healing; Yoga; Zung Depression Inventory
Basic Research
Behavioral medicine research methodology, design, implementation, interpretation, and reporting
Biological Mechanisms in Health Behavior Change
Genetics and genomics as they apply to risk factors and morbidity
Genetics/Environmental Interactions.
Laboratory assays, measurement and interpretation
Animal models
Specific disease pathophysiology from the list included under Clinical Investigations
Clinical Investigation: Translational Medicine: From Research to Practice
Adherence
Alcohol/Smoking/Substance Abuse
Behavioral cardiology
Behavioral oncology
Behavioral orthopedics and sports medicine
Chronic disease, pain, and disability
Depression, anxiety, other mental health issues
Diabetes/Metabolism/Nutrition/Obesity/Eating Disorders
Eating disorders, including obesity
Environmental and Contextual Factors in Health and Behavior Change
Infections Diseases/SARS/HIV/AIDS
Nutrition and exercise
Pain, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromuscular Disorders
Physical Activity
Psychoneuroimmunology
Sexual and reproductive health
Somatoform Disorders/Chronic Fatigue/Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Stress and coping
Substance abuse and addictive behavior (alcohol, drugs, tobacco)
Public Health
Adolescent health
Aging and quality of life
Behavioral Medicine in Medical Settings
Behavioral Medicine education and training programs
Childhood & Adolescence
Diversity Issues
Epidemiology
Health Communication and Technology
Healthcare policy and administration
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health Behaviors
Health Education and Promotion
Health Systems, Policy and Economics
Lifespan and a Developmental Lifespan Perspective
Population, Health Policy and Advocacy
Preventive Medicine
Public health
Quality of Life
Screening & Early Detection
Socioeconomic Factors, Culture, & Health
Women s
This is the first encyclopedia devoted to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. The overarching content structure is based on the three fundamental domains within behavioral medicine: public health, clinical investigation and basic research.
From the reviews:
"The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine ... is certainly the most comprehensive, and the most current. Intended to be a complete guide to the many aspects of behavioural medicine, the encyclopedia touches on a vast array of areas ... that apply to behavioural medicine. ... The information found in this encyclopedia is accurate and well cited. ... The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine is excellent value for the money and ... a primary quick reference for any practitioner or PhD student in the field." -- David J. Rachlin, Reference Reviews, Vol. 27 (7), 2013
"The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine ... is certainly the most comprehensive, and the most current. Intended to be a complete guide to the many aspects of behavioural medicine, the encyclopedia touches on a vast array of areas ... that apply to behavioural medicine. ... The information found in this encyclopedia is accurate and well cited. ... The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine is excellent value for the money and ... a primary quick reference for any practitioner or PhD student in the field." -- David J. Rachlin, Reference Reviews, Vol. 27 (7), 2013