RT Book, Section
A1 Spring, Bonnie
A1 Persell, Stephen D.
A2 Feldman, Mitchell D.
A2 Christensen, John F.
A2 Satterfield, Jason M.
A2 Laponis, Ryan
SR Print(0)
ID 1167759563
T1 Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice
T2 Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 5e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260142686
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167759563
RD 2024/04/19
AB Human  behavior  has  a  major  impact  on  health  and  well-being.  The  patients  that  you  see  in  medical  practice  are  likely  to  have  behaviors  (e.g.,  smoking,  drinking,  and  eating  habits)  that  place  them  at  risk  of  developing  chronic  disease.  Equally  likely,  they  may  have  psychological  problems  (e.g.,  depression)  that  impair  their  quality  of  life  and  undermine  their  motivation  to  follow  your  treatment  recommendations.  Moreover,  if  you  treat  families  and  see  the  same  patients  over  many  years,  you  may  observe  unhealthy  behaviors  long  before  you  see  the  emergence  of  biological  risk  factors  like  hypertension,  hypercholesterolemia,  or  hyperglycemia.  By  helping  your  patients  to  address  unhealthy  behaviors,  you  have  the  opportunity  to  help  them  prevent  the  onset  or  worsening  of  chronic  diseases.  Just  as  in  evidence-based  medicine,  you  should  know  how  to  find  and  appraise  the  evidence  base  for  behavioral  (nondrug,  nonsurgical)  treatments,  so  you  can  help  your  patients  with  the  most  appropriate  behavioral  treatment  option.  Below  is  a  case  you  might  encounter  in  the  primary  care  clinic.