Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Behavioral Medicine

Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field that studies how behavioral, psychological, and social factors influence the onset, course, prevention, and treatment of physical illness. It integrates knowledge from psychology, medicine, psychiatry, sociology, and the behavioral sciences to understand the connecti…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 2 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 30× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2640-690X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field that studies how behavioral, psychological, and social factors influence the onset, course, prevention, and treatment of physical illness. It integrates knowledge from psychology, medicine, psychiatry, sociology, and the behavioral sciences to understand the connections between how people think and act and their physical health outcomes. Practitioners apply this understanding to help patients change health-related behaviors, manage chronic conditions, cope with illness, and adopt habits that reduce disease risk. Within family medicine, where care is continuous and oriented toward the whole patient, behavioral medicine is particularly relevant because lifestyle, stress, adherence, and self-management strongly shape long-term outcomes. Research in this area includes a theoretical and empirical review of self-monitoring as a tool in self-management and adaptive behavior change, examining how the act of measuring one's own behavior can support sustained improvement. Related work has also addressed the interpersonal and emotional skills required to manage staff within organizational healthcare settings, reflecting the field's attention to the psychological dimensions of clinical practice. This page assembles peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to the behavioral and psychological foundations of health, disease prevention, and patient care.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 2 articles above have been cited 30 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Behavioral Medicine, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Family Medicine (ISSN 2640-690X).

Journal editorial board
Dr. John P. Bartkowski · United States Dr. Angela Pia Cazzolla · Italy Dr. Ian James Martins · Australia

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.