4. GERD. This stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease, and is a condition where fluids from the stomach backflow into the esophagus. The throat becomes irritated and white phlegm is coughed up. Other symptoms are chest pains, sore throat and the feeling of lumps in the throat.
Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field combining both medicine and psychology and is concerned with the integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological, and social sciences relevant to health and illness.ritings from the earliest civilizations have alluded to the relationship between mind and body, the fundamental concept underlying behavioral medicine. The field of psychosomatic medicine is among its academic forebears.
Psychology is the study of the human mind and its function affecting human behavior. Abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, and psychopathology. are similar names for the study of mental and behavior disorder and in. organization dysfunction. Psychiatry is the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. These include the various affective, behavioral, cognitive, and perceptive.