Psychosomatic Research

Psychosomatic Research

The bulk of this book is made up of a collection of papers from the Second Medical Service, Wilhelmina Gasthius, Amsterdam, which were published in various scientific journals between 1956 and 1960; and this fact might diminish the reader's interest. It would be a pity if so, for they have been edited and arranged and added to, in such a way as to give a most stimulating account of the developm...

Grand Challenges in Psychosomatic Research

The link between emotion and disease has long fascinated mankind. Famous seventeen century British physician, Thomas Willis (1621–1675) saw diabetes as a consequence of sadness or long sorrow (Willis, 1971). Though better known for describing what eventually became known as the " Circle of Willis " , he provided a fairly comprehensive description of the role of nervous system in disease (Encycl...

Depression deconstruction lessons from psychosomatic research

Depression deconstruction lessons from psychosomatic research.

Some current aspects of psychosomatic research.

PSYCHOSOMATIC medicine is involving a rapidly expanding research field. The concept of emotional disturbance contributing to bodily disease is not a new one; however, it has only undergone systematic study during the last few decades. Evidence providing impetus towards its more general recognition accumulated during World War II when large numbers of people, often under uniform circumstances, h...