Psychosomatic Medicine
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A basic decision-making approach to common ethical issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry.

30 May 2009 Ethical dilemmas are found throughout the daily work of C-L psychiatrists. Unfortunately, most psychiatrists have no more training in ethics than their nonpsychiatric colleagues. Psychiatric consults spurred by ethical dilemmas can provoke anxiety ... Read more...

Prostate cancer: issues in psychosomatic medicine.

30 May 2009 Prostate cancer is now a chronic condition. Screening, diagnosis, and treatment pose specific psychosocial challenges for men diagnosed and surviving with prostate cancer. Depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment lead to emotional distress and ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychosomatic Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Psychiatric psychotherapeutic psychosomatic treatment by the hospital: framework for the development of a multi-sector budget for regional mandatory care] 4 Jul 2009
• [Research in psychotherapy--does it improve psychosomatic care?] 30 Jun 2009
• [Obituary to Margit von Kerekjarto] 17 Jun 2009
• [First curriculum for care of patients with mental and psychosomatic disorders in the context of a consultation-liaison service] 14 Jun 2009
• A basic decision-making approach to common ethical issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry. 30 May 2009
• Prostate cancer: issues in psychosomatic medicine. 30 May 2009
• The decline of pharmaceutical psychiatry and the increasing role of psychological medicine. 26 Apr 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
• [Does the new hospital financing reform law help psychiatric psychotherapeutic psychosomatic clinics out of personal/financial deficits?] 6 Apr 2009
• [Communication of the DGPPN 4/09] 30 Mar 2009
• Epidemiological puzzle pieces. 30 Mar 2009
• [Quality improvement of multiple choice examinations: in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, and neurology] 27 Feb 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
• Multivariable models in biobehavioral research. 30 Jan 2009
• Psychosomatic medicine and consultation-liaison psychiatry in Hungary. 30 Jan 2009
• Psychosomatic medicine: a specialty for generalists. 30 Jan 2009
• [Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Schwarz (1946-2008)] 10 Jan 2009
• What's in a name? Psychosomatic medicine and biobehavioral medicine. 3 Jan 2009

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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