Translational behavioral research in respiratory medicine.

The new open access journal on health psychology and behavioral medicine: why do we need it?

On behalf of the editorial board, it is our pleasure to introduce Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: an Open Access Journal (HPBM), which we hope will become a leading international journal in these areas. HPBMwill be interdisciplinary and global in scope, offering studies in a wide range of forms including systematic and critical reviews, meta-analyses, ethnographic and qualitative stu...

The new Back to Basics section: emerging concepts in basic and translational medicine.

The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the flagship publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), is launching a new section on novel concepts in physiology, immunology, biology and translational medicine [1, 2]. Within this Back to Basics section, we aim to present cutting edge knowledge and emerging ideas on topics relevant to respiratory medicine. Basic scientific findings represen...

Translational research in respiratory medicine.

S cientific research and the development of modern powerful techniques [1] are crucial for improving patient care in a society that is increasingly demanding the highest quality health services. Indeed, effective patient care requires the continuous improvement of knowledge on the pathophysiology of the diseases, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic tools available. To this end, development of...

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Challenges for Translational Research and Opportunities for Precision Medicine

From the clinic to the lab (and back)-a call for laboratory research to optimize cognitive behavioural treatment of pain.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the dominant psychological treatment for chronic pain. CBT covers a mixture of aims and a broad range of techniques, including attentional control, modification of maladaptive beliefs and coping strategies and flexible goal setting and acceptance. Patients are exposed to varying selections of these strategies, and a major challenge for clinical practice is...