Behavioral Health & Behavioral Medicine

Overview

Behavioral Health, Behavioral Medicine, or Both?

While behavioral health is broader, focusing on mental health and behaviors influencing overall well-being, behavioral medicine applies a more interdisciplinary approach to address physical health conditions through behavioral and psychosocial methods. Both fields are valuable and complementary, often working together to provide holistic care.

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Research, Articles, and Op-eds

Factors that Predict Patients’ Satisfaction with the Psychological Outcome and the Appearance of their Skin after Treatment

The present study examined whether dermatological patients’ demographic and social characteristics could predict their satisfaction with medical outcomes.
HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis and Treatment as Prevention - Beliefs and Access Barriers in Men Who Have Sex with Menn (MSM) and Transgender Women: A Systematic Review

While the annual rates of new HIV infections and diagnoses have remained stable for most groups, troubling increases are seen in transgender women and racial/ethnic minority men who have sex with men (MSM), groups that are disproportionately affected by HIV.
Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science

One of the central goals in any scientific endeavor is to understand causality. Experiments that seek to demonstrate a cause/effect relation most often manipulate the postulated causal factor. Assessing whether the replication and the original experiment yielded the same result according to several criteria, we found that about one-third to one-half of the original findings were also observed in the replication study.
Investigation of Family Functioning and Parental Tensioning in Addiction

Addiction is a chronic disease and relapsing disorder that leads to serious personal and familial issues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family functioning and parenting stress in persons with addiction.
Life-Course Minority Stress, Social Isolation, and Depression/Suicide Risk in Older Sexual Minority Men

PI: Dr. Josh Matacotta.
Study Purpose: Examine how life-course minority stress and aging-related social isolation contribute to depression and suicide risk among sexual minority men age 50 and older in the United States.

Theoretical Framework: Theory of Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage

Behavioral Health & Behavioral Medicine

Behavioral Health, Behavioral Medicine, or Both?

Factors that Predict Patients’ Satisfaction with the Psychological Outcome and the Appearance of their Skin after Treatment

HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis and Treatment as Prevention - Beliefs and Access Barriers in Men Who Have Sex with Menn (MSM) and Transgender Women: A Systematic Review

Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science

Investigation of Family Functioning and Parental Tensioning in Addiction

Life-Course Minority Stress, Social Isolation, and Depression/Suicide Risk in Older Sexual Minority Men