Behaviorceutical
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An activity that can improve an individual's mental health. neologism
"We see this commercialization as the critical final step in translating the research documenting the health-damaging effects of psychosocial risk factors and the potential of behavioral interventions to ameliorate those effects into commercial behavioral products—analogous to the pharmaceutical industry's drug products—that can be widely distributed—by a new "behaviorceutical" industry?—to prevent disease and improve the health of massesof people around the world."
Example
More examples"We see this commercialization as the critical final step in translating the research documenting the health-damaging effects of psychosocial risk factors and the potential of behavioral interventions to ameliorate those effects into commercial behavioral products—analogous to the pharmaceutical industry's drug products—that can be widely distributed—by a new "behaviorceutical" industry?—to prevent disease and improve the health of massesof people around the world."
Etymology
Blend of behavior + pharmaceutical. Coined by behavioural neuroscientist Kelly Lambert in 2011.
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