Major contribution to the behavioral medicine by Joseph Dominic Matarazzo

This paper aims to describe the main contributions by Joseph Dominic Matarazzo to the behavioral health, is aimed primarly at students of psychology, medicine and nursing to make known their studies, results and proposals for improving the overall health by reviewing the main conceptual historical r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cerezo Reséndiz, Sandra, Hurtado Rodríguez, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Journal of Behavior, Health & Social Issues
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30218
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/jbhsi/article/view/30218
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Matarazzo
psychology
behavioral medicine
psicología
medicina conductual
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Sumario:This paper aims to describe the main contributions by Joseph Dominic Matarazzo to the behavioral health, is aimed primarly at students of psychology, medicine and nursing to make known their studies, results and proposals for improving the overall health by reviewing the main conceptual historical research, hoping to promote the teaching and clinical practice, the importance, advantages and usefulness of the behavioral medicine in the various health sciences, for this purpose, various concepts are described, such as lifestyle, habits, behavioral inmmunogens, pathogens, behavioral medicine, behavioral health, health psychology, understanding medicine, and so on. Similarly, the contributions mentioned Matarazzo made to promote the comprehensive training doctors, psychologist and psychiatrists in the various academic levels. Presents itself, a brief overview of the career of this author.