''Behavioral Medicine'' is an

interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

published by

Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Ki ...

, addressing the interactions of the

behavioral sciences Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through naturalist ...

with other fields of

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

. Before Spring 1988 (Vol. 14, No. 1), the journal's previous title was ''Journal of Human Stress'' (ISSN 2374-9741), which was published from March 1975 (Vol. 1) through Winter 1987 (Vol. 13). As of 2020, the editor is

Perry N. Halkitis Perry N. Halkitis (born February 24, 1963) is an American of Greek ancestry public health psychologist and applied statistician known for his research on the health of LGBT populations with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS, substance use, and mental healt ...

(

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and wa ...

). The journal is indexed in: Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts; Behavioral Medicine Abstracts; BIOMED; Current Contents/Clinical Medicine; Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Family Resources Database; Health Instrument File; Index Medicus / MEDLINE; International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR); International Bibliography of Periodical Literature; National AIDS Information Clearinghouse; NIOSHTIC; Psychological Abstracts / PsycINFO; Research Alert; Scisearch; and Social Sciences Citation Index / Journal Citation Reports.

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