RT Book, Section A1 Spring, Bonnie A1 Persell, Stephen D. A2 Feldman, Mitchell D. A2 Christensen, John F. A2 Satterfield, Jason M. SR Print(0) ID 1102940256 T1 Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice T2 Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071767705 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102940256 RD 2024/10/06 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.