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BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Editorial

Key aims of the special series “the meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field”

Author: Mutsuhiro Nakao

Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine | Issue 1/2016

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The practice of psychosomatic medicine is closely related to that of behavioral medicine, particularly in terms of the bio-psycho-social aspect of health, as has been demonstrated in the previous articles of BioPsychoSocial Medicine [1‐3]. Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field combining medicine, psychology and social science, and the integration of behavioral medicine with psychosomatic medicine would contribute to the understanding of psychosomatic phenomena in terms of treatment and the prevention of disease [4]. Such integration has been gradually achieved in fields of research and clinical practice during recent 50 years, but not yet satisfactory in terms of research and clinical practice. …
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Nakao M. Bio-psycho-social medicine is a comprehensive form of medicine bridging clinical medicine and public health. Biopsychosoc Med. 2010;4:19. e-Pub.PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
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Nakao M, Takeuchi T. Clinical characteristics and referral patterns of outpatients visiting a Japanese psychosomatic medicine clinic. Int J Behav Med. 2015 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Metadata
Title
Key aims of the special series “the meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field”
Author
Mutsuhiro Nakao
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BioPsychoSocial Medicine / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1751-0759
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-016-0055-7

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