The global COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to stem its transmission highlights the essential role of behavioral medicine in contemporary healthcare. As a result, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine instituted a COVID-19 rapid review process in mid-April to bring new knowledge to publication. This editorial describes the first two papers accepted through this mechanism and issues a broader call to recognize the human element in transmission and mitigation, and for behavioral medicine to play a central role in all phases of research, care, and public messaging.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454251 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa057 | DOI Listing |
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