1 Integrated Research and Treatment Center AdiposityDiseases, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany 2 Department of General Surgery, Asklepios Clinic, Hamburg, Germany 3 Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek Bariatric Clinic, Hamburg, Germany 4 Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 5 Department of V...

BACKGROUND As the number of immigrants to Japan increases, the health problems of foreign nationals also have an increasing impact on Japanese medical institutions. The aim of this study was to clarify the Japan-specific health problems related to both the physical and psychological symptoms of foreign nationals from the viewpoint of psychosomatic medicine. The second aim was to clarify the mea...

Basing ourselves on the writings of Hans Jonas, we offer to psychosomatic medicine a philosophy of life that surmounts the mind-body dualism which has plagued Western thought since the origins of modern science in seventeenth century Europe. Any present-day account of reality must draw upon everything we know about the living and the non-living. Since we are living beings ourselves, we know wha...

This article introduces key concepts of work-related stress relevant to the clinical and research fields of psychosomatic medicine. Stress is a term used to describe the body's physiological and/or psychological reaction to circumstances that require behavioral adjustment. According to the Japanese National Survey of Health, the most frequent stressors are work-related problems, followed by hea...

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/pps George Engel, the father of modern psychosomatic medicine, died just before the turn of the century. We are now in the position of stating that he has been one of the century’s most influential physicians at the interface between medical and behavioral sciences. He was universally known for the biopsychosocial model [1]. However, the beginning o...

acne vulgaris as a disfiguring disease which can induce either anxiety, depression and other psychological problems in specially young adults. these problems just like any other serious physical disease can disturb the quality of life of the affected patients. in the treatment approach to the acne, enough attention should be payed to the psychological aspects of the disease. without pointing ou...

This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived stress, coping, emotion dysregulation, affect and psychosomatic symptoms in higher education. Participants were 183 first-year undergraduates (84% female) that completed Perceived Stress Scale, Brief-COPE, Difficulties Emotion Regulation PANAS, Manifestations of Physical Discomfort Questionnaire. Significant gender differences found...

Looking back on an excellent year for the Journal of BioPsychoSocial Medicine, with numerous exciting papers addressing topics right at core of the Journal’s interest and often tackling issues at the forefront of international research trends, we first and foremost like to congratulate the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine on the performance of its official Journal in 2014! Given the v...