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behavioral medicine
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behavioral medicine
n.
The application of behavior therapy techniques, such as biofeedback and relaxation training, to the prevention and treatment of medical and psychosomatic disorders and to the treatment of undesirable behaviors, such as overeating. Also called behavior medicine.
behavioral medicine,
a segment of psychosomatic medicine focused on psychologic means of influencing physical symptoms, such as biofeedback or relaxation.
behavioral medicine,
n a branch of clinical psychology that deals with behavior modification and may involve assertiveness training, aversion therapy, contingency management, operant conditioning, and systemic desensitization.
behavioral medicine
A medical discipline that integrates behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical approaches to improving health and reducing illness. See Mind/body medicine.


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1995, `Peer and parental influences on adolescent tobacco use', Journal of Behavioural Medicine, v.
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