Psychosomatic Medicine - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science.

3 Feb 2009 Neuroscience was an integral part of psychosomatic medicine at its inception in the early 20th century. Since the mid-20th century, however, psychosomatic research has largely ignored the brain. The field of neuroscience has burgeoned in recent ... Read more...

[Why should Byzantium be considered as a cradle of clinical geriatrics?]

30 Dec 2007 Generally, roots of today's medical ethics are thought to have sprouted from antiquity and from classical Hebraic consciousness, while the origin of hospital medicine and institutional nursing of the elderly was assumed in Middle Age and in modern ... Read more...

Body, mind and bonds.

30 Aug 2007 In this paper, after reviewing some of the controversial concepts of psychosomatics, and their historical development as well as some of their theoretical and clinical consequences, I propose a vincular point of view of this type of pathology, with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychosomatic Medicine - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Obituary to Margit von Kerekjarto] 17 Jun 2009
• [Psychosocial oncology does not give less regard to the body but more to the soul, Prof. Dr. Med. Dipl. - Soz. Reinhold Schwarz (1946-2008)] 18 Apr 2009
• The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science. 3 Feb 2009
• Psychosomatic medicine and consultation-liaison psychiatry in Hungary. 30 Jan 2009
• [Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Schwarz (1946-2008)] 10 Jan 2009
• Better questions, less uneasy answers. 29 Nov 2008
• Tribute to Ian Allen. 28 Feb 2008
• [Why should Byzantium be considered as a cradle of clinical geriatrics?] 30 Dec 2007
• Evolution of psychosomatic diagnosis in DSM. 29 Nov 2007
• Body, mind and bonds. 30 Aug 2007
• [The birth of the word 'psychosomatic' in medical literature by Johann Christian August Heinroth] 6 Mar 2007
• [From the Gestaltkreis to synergetics: irreversible structural and dynamic functional couplings] 13 Jan 2007
• [Prof. Ozsváth Károly is 80 years old] 8 Sep 2006
• Psychosomatic medicine and biodefense preparedness--a new role for the American Psychosomatic Society. 30 Aug 2006
• Consultation-liaison psychiatry: how far have we come? 30 May 2006
• [Professor José Fernandes Pontes and social psychosomatic Medicine] 6 May 2006
• [Brain, mind and symptoms] 30 Mar 2006
• [A tribute to Marc Archinard] 31 Jan 2005
• Founding editor of the journal. 30 Oct 2004
• Psychotherapy between medicine, psychoanalysis, and politics: concepts, practices, and institutions in Germany, c. 1945-1992. 29 Sep 2004

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Technical information about 'Psychosomatic Medicine'

Definition: A system of medicine which aims at discovering the exact nature of the relationship between the emotions and bodily function, affirming the principle that the mind and body are one.

Descriptor UI: D011611

Alternative terms: Psychosomatic Medicine; Medicine, Psychosomatic;

Related Mesh Headings: Psychophysiologic Disorders; Psychophysiology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.830;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; differentiate from PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS, the patient; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (PHYSIOLOGY) see PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY is available; also Manual 27.12; DF: PSYCHOSOMATIC MED