Psychosomatic medicine: The art of coping and salutogenesis

psychosomatic medicine: the art of coping and salutogenesis

although the term psychosomatic is used in a wide range of contexts – from media to clinics – no exact definition of the term exists that even practitioners and experts of different schools in this domain agreed on. this may be due to its intertidisciplinary, multisystemic, and evolutionary nature. psychosomatic medicine is an approach to health which deals with the beliefs, narratives, relatio...

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

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

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...

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 ...