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Behavioral Medicine: Nutrition, Medication Management, and Exercise

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Behavioral medicine is the interdisciplinary approach dedicated to the (1) study of the biopsychosocial interactions between behavior, psychosocial, and biomedical science knowledge, (2) development of techniques relevant to the understanding of health and illness, and (3) application of this knowledge and techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of chronic health conditions and/or injuries (Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and Applications: Steptoe, 2010). These evidence-based practice methods are focused on improving the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Topics and health issues relevant to behavioral medicine may include health maintenance behaviors (e.g., exercise/physical activity and nutrition) and adherence to medical regimens (e.g., medication management) for conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), pain, diabetes, obesity, cancer, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS), and respiratory disease, to name just a few. For the purpose of this brief chapter, we focus on the importance of nutrition, medication management, and physical activity (PA) as they all are behaviors that play a key role in the treatment and prevention of a range of adverse health outcomes relevant to overall health, rehabilitation, and recovery.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Callahan Eye Hospital, 1720 University Blvd., Suite H-405, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Laura E. Dreer Ph.D. & Alexandra Linley M.P.H.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Maggi A. Budd

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sigmund Hough

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Stephen T. Wegener

  4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    William Stiers

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Dreer, L.E., Linley, A. (2017). Behavioral Medicine: Nutrition, Medication Management, and Exercise. In: Budd, M., Hough, S., Wegener, S., Stiers, W. (eds) Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34034-0_8

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