At the beginning of the 21st century, an integration of the least material element of human beings, namely the psyche or, to be more precise, the psychic apparatus, into medical knowledge and clinical expertise is long overdue.
How do the mind and the body communicate? Could the mind cause diseases? This book answers these questions and proposes a comprehensive approach for doctors and psychotherapists, those who are treating somatic patients whether in hospitals or private practice. It also raises awareness among readers with an interest in new developments and fresh approaches...
At the beginning of the 21st century, an integration of the least material element of human beings, namely the psyche or, to be more precise, the psyc...
Integrative psychosomatics is a new approach to explaining illnesses and how patients relate to their problems. This new discipline draws on psychoanalysis, medicine and the neurosciences, rather than solely on psychoanalysis, which has inspired all the psychosomatic approaches until now. Among the fascinating and compelling questions that this book raises are how can we understand an illness if we only analyze the psyche? How can we understand patients if we only take account of their biological data? And are hypochondriac problems generated by the mind, as some doctors believe, or are the...
Integrative psychosomatics is a new approach to explaining illnesses and how patients relate to their problems. This new discipline draws on psychoana...
