Society of Behavioral Medicine
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| formation = 1978
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| status = Non-profit organization
| purpose = Research
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Monica Baskin
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| leader_name2 = David Conroy
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The Society of Behavioral Medicine (abbreviated SBM) is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting research in the field of behavioral medicine.{{Cite web |url=https://academic.oup.com/abm/pages/about_SBM |title=About SBM |website=Annals of Behavioral Medicine |language=en |access-date=2018-02-25}}
History
SBM was established in 1978, with its first meeting taking place in Chicago, Illinois, on November 16, 1978.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Xpbt7wKFg0C |title=Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology |last=Weiner |first=Irving B. |date=2003-01-16 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780471383208 |pages=457 |language=en}} Along with the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, it grew out of the Yale Conference on Behavioral Medicine, which had been held in 1977.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RbrBwAAQBAJ |title=Behavioral Pediatrics: Research and Practice |last=Russo |first=Dennis C. |date=2013-06-29 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9781475794038 |pages=7 |language=en}} As a multidisciplinary organization, it attempts to connect professionals working in many disparate disciplines, ranging from nursing to public health to psychology.{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine |publisher=Springer, New York, NY |last=Hooker |first=Stephanie Ann |date=2013 |pages=1848 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_1544|isbn = 978-1-4419-1004-2|chapter = Society of Behavioral Medicine}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.sbm.org/}}
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Category:Organizations established in 1978
Category:1978 establishments in Illinois
Category:Learned societies of the United States
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