《行為醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》是一個廣泛構(gòu)思的跨學(xué)科出版物，致力于通過行為科學(xué)的知識和技術(shù)來加深對身體健康和疾病的理解。該雜志的一個重要功能是將這些知識應(yīng)用于預(yù)防、治療和康復(fù)。內(nèi)容涵蓋行為醫(yī)學(xué)研究的所有領(lǐng)域:心理學(xué)、精神病學(xué)、社會學(xué)、流行病學(xué)、人類學(xué)、健康經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、公共衛(wèi)生、普通醫(yī)學(xué)和生物統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)。覆蓋范圍包括心理壓力對身體機(jī)能的影響;社會文化對健康和疾病的影響;遵守醫(yī)療方案和健康維護(hù)行為(如運(yùn)動、營養(yǎng));對引起身體危險的食欲障礙(酗酒、吸煙和肥胖)的研究;預(yù)防和治療艾滋病毒/艾滋病的行為因素;疼痛、自我調(diào)節(jié)療法和軀體疾病的生物反饋;以及影響生理功能的大腦行為關(guān)系。

The Journal of Behavioral Medicine is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary publication devoted to furthering understanding of physical health and illness through the knowledge and techniques of behavioral science. A significant function of the journal is the application of this knowledge to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The contents span all areas of behavioral medicine research: psychology, psychiatry, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, health economics, public health, general medicine, and biostatistics.Coverage includes effects of psychological stress on physical functioning; sociocultural influences on health and illness; adherence to medical regimens and health maintenance behavior (e.g. exercise, nutrition); the study of appetitive disorders (alcoholism, smoking and obesity) that pose physical risk; behavioral factors in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS; pain, self-regulation therapies and biofeedback for somatic disorders; and brain-behavioral relationships that influence physiological function.