Mission Statement
The Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine works closely with an interdisciplinary team and is focused on the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical knowledge and techniques, relevant to health and illness, as well as its application to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
The goals of the Center include:
Promoting the integration of clinical services, training, and research
Advancing research to facilitate the understanding of the association between psychological, social, behavioral, and biological factors that may influence the disease and health
Integrating assessment and treatment of behaviors and psychiatric symptoms, that have been demonstrated to increase morbidity and mortality, into routine medical care
Offering interdisciplinary training opportunities across disciplines
- Research
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Develop screening of psychosocial or behavioral factors associated with increased morbidity and mortality (e.g., depression, sleep, tobacco use, PTSD) across chronic diseases
Facilitating the measurement and analysis of patient-generated behavioral, psychosocial, biological, genetic, and health-related data
Tracking, scoring, and psychometric analysis of instruments
Database development and essential statistical support
Designing and piloting behavioral and psychosocial interventions across chronic disease sites
Assisting with the development of grants to obtain funding for behavioral medicine-related research
Supporting the development of clinical trials with Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)
Facilitating research related to the sociocultural determinants of health
- Clinical (individual and group outpatient, consultation liaison, telemedicine)
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Evaluating health behaviors (e.g., substance use, physical activity) and using evidence-based treatments to improve health
Reducing psychological (e.g., depression) and behavioral problems (e.g., nonadherence) that may interfere with health and the treatment of chronic conditions
Assessment and treatment of family caregivers who provide support and care to patients with chronic disease
Management of symptoms associated with chronic illness
Appraisal of psychosocial issues and interventions to improve access to healthcare