Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1400 NW 10th Ave, Ste. 404, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain, and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, 1503 East University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, 85721-0068, USA.
J Behav Med. 2019 Feb;42(1):5-11. doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-9960-5. Epub 2019 Mar 1.
The year 2017 was the 40th anniversary of the convening of the Yale Conference on Behavioral Medicine (Schwartz and Weiss, 1977). In honor of this defining moment in the history of the birthing of behavioral medicine as a formal integrative field of biobehavioral theories, research and applications, we were invited by the editors to take a retrospective and prospective look at the field. Recognizing that much has been written about this history over the years, we decided to write about the "back-channel," presenting never-before shared events associated with the birthing and evolution of the field in a way that would be fun to write and read. In the process we look back at the evolving definitions of behavioral medicine in light of contemporary advances and controversies in science. Our review includes a discussion of some of the present challenges/opportunities, and then considers the future with some "outside the box" possibilities. We outline some of the enormous advances which have taken place in technology since the 1970s and consider how such technologies can be transformative in redefining our field.
2017 年是耶鲁行为医学会议（Schwartz 和 Weiss，1977 年）召开 40 周年。为了纪念这一里程碑式的时刻，行为医学作为一个正式的生物行为理论、研究和应用的综合领域诞生了。我们受编辑邀请，对该领域进行回顾和展望。鉴于多年来已经有很多关于这段历史的记载，我们决定写一些“幕后故事”，以一种有趣的写作和阅读方式展示与该领域诞生和发展相关的从未公开过的事件。在这个过程中，我们根据当代科学的发展和争议，回顾了行为医学的不断变化的定义。我们的回顾包括对当前挑战/机遇的讨论，然后考虑一些“跳出框框”的可能性，展望未来。我们概述了自 20 世纪 70 年代以来技术领域发生的巨大进步，并考虑了这些技术如何通过重新定义我们的领域而具有变革性。
