THESES OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Psychosomatic Medicine

Inhere is still a lack of agreement about basic concepts in this field. The name 'tself is unfortunate, since it tends to perpetuate dualistic thinking of the "ghost ?n the machine" type.

Psychosomatic Medicine

Prospects of Psychosomatic Medicine

Address: 1Department of Psychosomatic Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Psychology, Boston College, Boston, USA, 3Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 4Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of ...

Sketches in Psychosomatic Medicine

Illustrations are ample, the original drawings being numerous and excellent in workmanship. Important terms, of which there are a very large number, most of them being anatomical, are italicized. Facts in Embryology, Physiology, and Taxonomy are carefully presented in brief form. There is an appendix with a resume of the phyla and their general characteristics, and a glossary of 13 pages. The b...

The development of psychosomatic medicine.

1 SYCHOTHERAPY of patients who are suffering from organic diseases is not different from the psychotherapy of psychoneuroses. Its special feature is that it must be meaningfully integrated with the somatic treatment. A bleeding ulcer, an acute attack of ulcerative colitis, or asthma require immediate medical attention. Psychotherapy during such acute phases of the disease must restrict itself t...