These nationally recognized services are provided individually and in groups through the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, the Stress Reduction Clinic, the Clinical Nutrition Services, and the inpatient behavioral medicine consultation liaison service. Group treatment is offered in areas such as stress reduction, asthma self management, compulsive eating, smoking cessation, and panic disorder.
Treatment is generally short term.
Post-doctoral training as well as opportunities to obtain a Master's degree in Public Health are available. Research Members of the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine conduct research in the epidemiology, prevention, and management of chronic disease. These range from small clinical studies to multicenter collaborative trials. Since 1983 the Division has had numerous projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, and by other agencies including the Army, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Nathan J. Cummings Foundation.