Introduction to the special section: the importance of behavioral medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic response

Simon L Bacon^{1

2}, Tracey A Revenson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Le Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA.

Editorial

Simon L Bacon et al. Ann Behav Med. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 2;56(4):321-324.

doi: 10.1093/abm/kaac007.

Simon L Bacon^{1

2}, Tracey A Revenson³

¹ Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Le Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA.

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