Behavioral Medicine Interventions The Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center Summer Institute on "Behavioral Medicine Interventions" is directed toward an audience of professionals who have a limited background in health psychology and behavioral medicine. Lectures and workshops are geared toward individuals at the postdoctoral fellow, resident and/or junior faculty level. The Behavioral Medicine Interventions Institute objectives are to: 1) provide a conceptual framework for behavioral medicine interventions to promote the ability to understand and evaluate behavioral medicine intervention research; 2) expose participants to behavioral medicine interventions across different levels of intervention (i.e., interventions that target the individual, the health care provider, groups, the health care system, communities, society in general); 3) familiarize participants with the evidence-based behavioral medicine interventions across different populations (i.e., children, adults, older adults, minority populations); 4) familiarize participants with evidence-based behavioral medicine interventions across disorders using specific illnesses as exemplars (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease); and

.	5) provide a hands-on introduction to training in behavioral medicine interventions (e.g., diet and exercise interventions, motivational interviewing).

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