Psychosomatic disorders are the consequences of harmful effects that result from psychic influences on the organic control of tissues.1 The oral cavity is related directly or symbolically to the major human instincts and passions and is linked to potential physical expressions of psychological origin.1 Psychosomatic disorders are defined as disorders characterized by physiological changes that ...

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...

These graphic materials are a poster presentation for the III Congress with international participation "PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE OF THE XXI CENTURY: REALITIES AND PERSPECTIVES". Which took place on November 4-6, 2022 in Kyiv Mediamed portal.

The scientific program included plenary lectures, scientific symposia, workshops, clinical courses, master classes and poster sessions. In total, 37 symposia were submitted of which 28 were accepted for the program. In addition, 7 free paper sessions were organized, which included many of the 113 free oral presentations that were submitted. Fifty of the free oral presentations were accepted as ...

This guideline watch reviews new evidence and highlights salient developments since the 2006 publication of APA’s Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, 3rd Edition. The authors of this watch constituted the work group that developed the 2006 guideline. We find the guideline to remain substantially correct and current in its recommendations. The sole exception i...

PURPOSE Irritability has been reported in epilepsy patients. We identified associated factors for interictal irritability in epilepsy patients. METHOD Adult epilepsy patients who received antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for at least 1year were invited to participate in this study. For eligible patients, several questionnaires, such as the Irritability in Adult Patients with Epilepsy (I-Epi), the K...

OBJECTIVE The new DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) emphasizes the importance of psychological processes related to somatic symptoms in patients with somatoform disorders. To address this, the Somatic Symptoms Experiences Questionnaire (SSEQ), the first self-report scale that assesses a broad range of psychological and interactional characteristics relevant to patients with a somatoform diso...

BACKGROUND Somatization is produced due to the summation of psychological factors, irrespective of the presence or absence of physical factors. A group of diseases with severe pain and other disorders exhibit so-called Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and the characteristics of patients with MUS are largely unexplained. In this paper, the characteristics of a series of new patients with so...