behavioral medicine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of behavioral medicine
First recorded in 1970–75
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"This speaks to the need for routine screening and integration of cardiac behavioral medicine to allow for access to important interventions."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It’s a total mess,” said Tyler Sasser, an attending clinical psychologist in the psychiatry and behavioral medicine department at Seattle Children’s.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
Dr. Martin Picard is an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, specializing in both psychiatry and neurology.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2021
“We are born with a predisposition to accept sweet and reject bitter tastes, but children’s food preferences are malleable from there,” said Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, a pediatric and behavioral medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2019
In his C.P.I. training, Dr. Bryan H. King, director of the department of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, was one of the first Seattle Children’s staff members to visit Japanese manufacturers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
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