At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies, breakthroughs in ...

Medical treatment addresses specific conditions, but daily behaviors influence how those treatments function over ...

Suggested Citation: "4 The Behavioral Economics Toolkit: Policy Levers and Intervention Strategies." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Behavioral Economics: Policy ...

Targeting only a small group of well-connected individuals with smoking reduction interventions produces the largest ...

Results from a pilot clinical trial show that among a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of adults who were obese and depressed, an integrated behavioral intervention was more effective than usual ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is increasingly being used in schools and therapy to support children on the autism spectrum, with research showing significant gains in communication, adaptive, and ...

A majority of people with insomnia respond to behavioral and nonpharmacologic methods. When compared with pharmacologic methods, they are at least as efficacious and have the advantage of continued ...