Society of Behavioral Medicine

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The Society of Behavioral Medicine was founded in 1978 as a multidisciplinary, nonprofit organization to advance the science and practice of behavioral medicine.

Behavioral medicine is the multidisciplinary field concerned with the behavioral and social aspects of medical conditions. Consumers and a wide variety of health professionals are involved in behavioral medicine research and practice, including cardiologists, counselors, epidemiologists, exercise physiologists, family physicians, health educators, internists, nurses, nutritionists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and psychologists. Behavioral medicine takes a life-span approach to health and health care, working with children, teens, adults, and seniors individually and in groups, and working with racially and ethnically diverse communities. Today, SBM is the nation's premier multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to behavioral medicine. The Society represents over 2,800 behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians from over 18 different disciplines. SBM researchers, individually and in strategic partnerships with community and government agencies, are working to address key priority areas in Healthy People 2010.

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Male HPV vaccine will need careful promotion.(INFECTIOUS DISEASES) Skin & Allergy News; 7/1/2009 ...vaccine may not be the most effective strategy for this group," she said at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The men in her group were aged 18-26 years, and 96% of them were heterosexual. Although only 47% had... ...more

Grey Reappointed as Nursing School Dean. M2 Presswire; 11/6/2009 ...She is an elected fellow and member of a number of organizations, including the Institute of Medicine, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and American Academy of Nursing. Her many honors include the Outstanding Nurse Scientist Award from The... ...more

A public option isn't the only hot healthcare issue.(on health care legislation)(Editorial) The Christian Science Monitor; 10/28/2009 ...study how to integrate emotional and mental aspects of healing into traditional medical practice. And the Society of Behavioral Medicine, started in 1978, is studying health-related matters such as "self-control deficit" and "negative... ...more