Psychosomatic Medicine - Trends
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The decline of pharmaceutical psychiatry and the increasing role of psychological medicine.

26 Apr 2009 The increasing influence of the pharmaceutical industry on psychiatric research and practice is leading to an intellectual and clinical crisis. A narrow concept of science attempts to apply oversimplified neurobiological models to the understanding ... Read more...

The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part II: clinical applications and implications for research.

3 Feb 2009 During the second half of the last century, biopsychosocial research in psychosomatic medicine largely ignored the brain. Neuroscience has started to make a comeback in psychosomatic medicine research and promises to advance the field in important ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychosomatic Medicine - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Research in psychotherapy--does it improve psychosomatic care?] 30 Jun 2009
• The decline of pharmaceutical psychiatry and the increasing role of psychological medicine. 26 Apr 2009
• [Psychotherapeutic research and psychosomatic practice] 14 Feb 2009
• The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part II: clinical applications and implications for research. 3 Feb 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
• Better questions, less uneasy answers. 29 Nov 2008
• From psychosomatic to psychological medicine: what's the future? 29 Jun 2008
• Update on consultation-liaison psychiatry (psychosomatic medicine). 28 Feb 2008
• [The duration of psychosomatic rehabilitation: provisions, influencing factors, recommendations] 30 Jan 2008
• [Consultation-liaison psychiatry and general hospital psychiatry in the Netherlands: on the way to psychosomatic medicine] 30 Dec 2007
• [Fifty years of psychiatry at the interface between psyche and soma: a SWOT analysis] 30 Dec 2007
• [Psychiatry in the Dutch Journal of Psychiatry; introduction] 30 Dec 2007
• Presidential address: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Tucson, AZ November 2006. 30 Dec 2007
• Psychosomatic medicine: future tasks and priorities for the new psychiatric subspecialty. 29 Nov 2007
• [The psychopathology of "as if" experiences] 29 Jun 2007
• ["A medicine of human relationship" revisited--Current neurobiological and psychosomatic developments] 29 Apr 2007
• [Remembering - working through - bringing together - the relationship between psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry] 29 Apr 2007
• Genetics in psychosomatic medicine: research designs and statistical approaches. 6 Feb 2007
• [From the Gestaltkreis to synergetics: irreversible structural and dynamic functional couplings] 13 Jan 2007

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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