Psychoneuroendocrine Aspects in Psycho- and Somatic Environmental Factor

Co-operation between physician and psychiatrist in psycho-somatic medicine.

[sports and Their Psycho-physical Aspects].

Panic attacks in COPD and the somato-psycho-somatic feedback.

encountered two articles on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which gave me an incentive for a comment. In the excellent review by MACKLEM [1], the role of a high respiratory rate in severe COPD is discussed, in particular with its consequence of dynamic hyperinflation and increased work of breathing. The author also addressed the need of proper instruction for the patients to avoid ...

Psychoneuroendocrine aspects of temporolimbic epilepsy. Part III: Case reports.

Many reproductive steroids have neuroactive effects that can modulate neuronal excitability and influence emotions. Emotional disorders may result when 1) abnormal endocrine states interact with normal brain, 2) normal endocrine states interact with abnormal brain, and 3) abnormal endocrine states interact with abnormal brain. An understanding of these pathogenetic relationships and the potenti...

PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LEPROSY l

A smog of ignorance, fear, myth, and superstition surrounds the problem of leprosy. This often reduces the chances for early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and frequently affects the patient’s own mental attitude so as to sharply restrict his chances for ever resuming a useful, creative life. The present article describes these psycho-social implications and cites a number of ways in w...