We know this is unsustainable. But there are solutions, because health outcomes are shaped by more than just medical care or genes. Behavior change can be a miracle drug, both for preventing ...

Health Behavior addresses the behavioral, social, and cultural factors related to or driving individual and population health and health disparities. Students in our program apply social and ...

Health is what happens between doctor visits. A study in the journal Circulation gives us a vivid look at how powerful behavior can be. Researchers found that people who, at age 50, were ...

Many Black Californians report adjusting their appearance or behavior — even minimizing ... “Listening to Black Californians: How the Health Care System Undermines Their Pursuit of Good ...

The Mayo Clinic offers a number of common reasons why people give up on behavior change. The health system suggests people often overestimate the difficulty of exercise and give up too soon.

Over time, it evolved into a diagnosable mental health condition, passive-aggressive behavior disorder, and was once included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM ...

Just six hours of sedentary behavior is associated with an increased risk of neck pain, according to a new study published in BMC Public Health. Researchers in Beijing, China, examined 25 cohort ...

Here's a sobering statistic for physicians and other health professionals. Clinical care is estimated to account for only 20% of health outcomes, whereas health behaviors and social determinants ...

The “dialectic” in dialectical behavior therapy is an acknowledgment that real life is complex, and health is not a static thing but an ongoing process hammered out through a continuous ...

People diagnosed with various mental health disorders can sometimes start engaging in intense political behavior, such as violent protests, civil disobedience and the aggressive expression of ...

But mental health experts believe it’s also necessary ... Dr. Judith warns against what she calls “chop-a-dump” behavior — unloading your emotional baggage without checking if the ...

How can parents distinguish between typical teenage behavior and signs of more serious mental health issues? Jessica Holzbauer, LCSW, shares her insights on recognizing normal developmental changes, ...