The field of mental deficiency is one with which the psychiatrist is not always familiar. By the time he has obtained his training in the psychoses and neuroses, explored psychosomatic medicine, and spread his wings towards the horizon of social psychiatry, too often the opportunity is neglected to gain a full experience in this particular field. Mental deficiency has been described as the Cind...

Background and Objectives: There is increasing interest in the issue of demoralization, particularly in the setting of medical disease. The aim of this investigation was to use both DSM-IV comorbidity and the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) in order to characterize demoralization in the medically ill. Methods: 1700 patients were recruited from 8 medical centers in the Ital...

In modern conditions, achieving high results in sports for professional athletes is associated with enormous physical and mental stress. This situation aggravated by the fierce competition arena, which requires manifestation of motor abilities at level limit human capabilities, provoking a constant stressful atmosphere placing increased demands on personal qualities athletes. The scientific art...

aim and background: there are no questionnaires to assess the psychosomatic complaints of university students in iran. the purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of takata and sakata's psychosomatic complaints scale among iranian university students. methods and materials: in this study, multistage cluster sampling was used to select 291 individuals from all male and f...

Puberty is accompanied by physical, psychological, and emotional changes adapted to ensure reproductive and parenting success. Human puberty stands out in the animal world for its association with brain maturation and physical growth. Its effects on health and wellbeing are profound and paradoxical. On the one hand, physical maturation propels an individual into adolescence with peaks in streng...

OBJECTIVE This naturalistic study aimed to identify criteria which are of relevance for making a decision as to whether inpatient or day hospital treatment is indicated. METHODS In 567 patients who were consecutively admitted to 10 departments of psychosomatic medicine (day hospital or inpatient setting) in Germany, symptom severity at admission and discharge was measured (Symptom-Check-List-...

a Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen , b Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg , c Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen and Marburg , and d Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, ...

BACKGROUND Multimorbidity can be operationalized as the presence of multiple psychosomatic symptoms and has been shown to be detrimental to the quality of life across the life span. Middle-aged adults are generally engaged in multiple life domains simultaneously. This is one of the developmental challenges of middle adulthood as it can lead to conflict between the demands of different domains a...