Introduction to the Special Edition of Keynote Addresses and Master Lectures Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Special Edition of Keynote Addresses and Master Lectures Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine Michael A. Diefenbach, Ph.D.
Published online: 23 December 2010 # The Society of Behavioral Medicine 2010
Keywords SBM annual conference 2010 . Keynote addresses . Master lectures
This special edition of the Annals is a new approach by the Society of Behavioral Medicine to present the keynote addresses and master lectures of the 2010 annual meeting in Seattle. We are fortunate that most of the invited speakers agreed to turn their presentations into manuscripts that showcase the latest sciences in their respective fields. The theme of the annual meeting 2010 was “Behavioral Medicine: Building for the Future” and past president Francis J. Keefe, Ph.D. [1], presents his view of behavioral medicine’s future. Using the biopsychosocial model of pain research as an example, he describes the challenges behavioral medicine faces in three key areas that characterize behavioral medicine: biological, psychological, and social areas. Howard Leventhal, Ph.D. [2] continues the theme by reminding us of the importance of basic cognitive and social psychological roots that determine health behavior and illness management. The “Common-Sense Model” of self-regulation provides a comprehensive framework that incorporates not only individual illness representations, but also provides the basis for a behavioral management system that allows individuals to respond to acute health challenges and chronic management issues. His approach is particularly important for the management of an increasingly large number of chronic conditions Americans face today and in the future. M. A. Diefenbach (*) Department of Urology and Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1272, New York, NY 10029-0751, USA e-mail: [email protected]
The next article in the present issue expands on the points made by the Leventhal paper. Jerry Suls, Ph.D. [3] argues that behavioral medicine has focused too long on linear and causal relationships, rather than developing models that take into account the complexities of factors that influence disease and health behaviors. Using the example of cardiac risk factors, Suls and Martin advocate that a matrix approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social factors is better suited to account for the complexities of the disease process. Rona L. Levy, Ph.D. [4] demonstrates some of these complex processes in her elegant work documenting how negative behavioral patterns can be transmitted from parents to children. Using the example of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome, Levy and colleagues convincingly demonstrates the powerful familial patterns that lead to higher health care utilization among parents and children with gastrointestinal disorders. More importantly, subsequent studies show how pain and symptom reporting can be modified by parent and children’s cha
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