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Behavioral Medicine and Neurological Disorders

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Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled

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Behavioral medicine as a field rapidly developed during the 1970s and 1980s. It is not only difficult to identify its specific beginnings (Russo amp; Varni, 1982), but there is also considerable disagreement as to its exact definition. Although some (Pomerleau, 1979) have proposed a definition based on the extension of experimental analysis of behavior to health-related behaviors, others (Schwartz amp; Weiss, 1978) have focused on the interdisciplinary integration of behavioral and medical sciences with provisions for theoretical, basic, and applied research. As of this date, there is no consensus definition of behavioral medicine; perhaps this is as it should be in a developing field where, in the end, the field will be defined by its accomplishments. It should be noted, however, that a broad-based ecobehavior-analysis approach (Rogers-Warren amp; Warren, 1977) to health problems may not be all that different from the definitions of those who eschew such behaviorally based definitions. Although it is widely claimed that its integrative approach of many disciplines/ professions is one thing that makes behavioral medicine unique, is such an approach all that different from what one should find in other areas such as mental health, special education, or community psychology?

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Martin, J.A. (1988). Behavioral Medicine and Neurological Disorders. In: Russo, D.C., Kedesdy, J.H. (eds) Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0999-4_4

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