Psychosomatic Medicine: Past and Future

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Holistic Concepts of Illness in Ancient Greece and in Contemporary Medicine....Pages 1-5
The Semantics of Whole-Person Care....Pages 7-13
Doctor-Patient Relationship....Pages 15-20
“Emotions” and Difficulties in Teaching and Communication....Pages 21-25
The Mind-Body Problem in Philosophy....Pages 27-34
Mind-Matter Relations: Do They Matter in Psychosomatics?....Pages 35-41
Psychosomatic Concepts in Writings of Ancient Greek Philosophers (VIth to IIIrd Cent. B.C.)....Pages 43-46
Historical Insights of Psychosomatic Medicine in Heidelberg....Pages 47-52
Viktor von Weizsäcker (1886–1957) and German Psychosomatic Medicine....Pages 53-57
Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical History: Frederic Chopin — A Psychosomatic Case ?....Pages 59-63
Personality Characteristics in Psychosomatic Illness....Pages 65-72
Family Interaction and Somatic Illness: Implications from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study....Pages 73-79
Life Events as Triggering and Formative Agents in Physical Disease....Pages 81-88
Occupational Correlates of the Type a Behaviour Pattern....Pages 89-97
Psychophysiological Models of Psychosomatic Illness....Pages 99-104
Psychosomatic Approach of Norwegian Health Services....Pages 105-107
The Psychosomatic Approach and the Health Services in West Germany....Pages 109-110
The Psychosomatic Approach in France....Pages 111-115
Influence of the Psychosomatic Approach in the Planning and Work of the Health Service in the United Kingdom....Pages 117-119
Psychosomatic Approach and the Greek Health Services....Pages 121-124
Psychosomatic Approach and Health Services in the USA: A View from 1986....Pages 125-127
General Hospital Psychiatry: Referral Source and the Outcome of Treatment....Pages 129-136
Differential-Diagnostical and Management Difficulties in 3.354 Psychosomatic/Psychiatric Patients Referred to a Psychosomatic Department in a General Hospital Setting....Pages 137-139
Patient Information and Treatment Outcome....Pages 141-146
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Past and Present....Pages 147-153
The Role of the Obstetric Liaison Psychiatrist....Pages 155-157
The Effectiveness of a Ward-Based Nurse Counselling Service for Mastectomy Patients....Pages 159-166
The Future of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry....Pages 167-172
Prevalence of Psychosomatic Illness in Greece: Two Nation-Wide Cross-Sectional Studies in 1978–79 and 1984....Pages 173-178
Epidemiological Study of the Relationship between Psychological Problems and Somatic Factors in the Pre-School Children....Pages 179-182
Stress and Cardiac Mortality: Evidence from Earthquakes in Greece....Pages 183-188
Gonadal Hormones and Heart Rate as an Acute Emotional Stress Response....Pages 189-195
Autonomic Reactivity and Stress in Adolescent Athletes....Pages 197-201
Psychosocial Stress and Psychosomatic Reactions....Pages 203-208
Psychoneuroendocrine Testing: Strategy and Attitude....Pages 209-215
Psychoendocrinology of Hyperprolactinemia....Pages 217-224
Typical Competitive Mental Attitude in Microprolactinomas: Comparison with the Functional Hyperprolactinaemia....Pages 225-233
Gender-Related Psychoendocrine Coping Mechanisms of Back Pain Patients....Pages 235-238
Chronic Low Back Pain: A Psychiatric Assessment of 72 Patients....Pages 239-241
Psychosomatic Issues in Chronic Pain Syndromes....Pages 243-249
Extent of Coronary Disease in Patients with Atypical Chest Pain; Are Psychological Variables Helpful?....Pages 251-259
Clinical and Personality Contributors to Alexithymia in Neurotic Patients....Pages 261-264
Somatization as a Transcultural Problem....Pages 265-268
Psychiatric Disorders and Differences in Muscular Pattern....Pages 269-273
Longitudinal Studies of Sleep and Hormonal Secretion in Male Anorectic Patients: Preliminary Observations....Pages 275-281
The Bulimic Obese: Treatment Response and Long Term Outcome....Pages 283-288
An Investigation into the Effects of Respiratory Feedback (RFB) on Blood Pressure and General Status in Essential Hypertension....Pages 289-293
The Concept that Psychological Factors are Important in the Pathogenesis of Arterial Hypertension May Affect Adversely Patient Compliance....Pages 295-297
Psychological Factors in Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 299-306
Effect of Relaxation Therapy on the Control of Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 307-313
A Longitudinal Psychosomatic Study of Patients with Vertigo....Pages 315-323
Psychosocial Factors in Bronchial Asthma and Allergy in Childhood: A Prospective Study....Pages 325-331
Is the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Really “Psychosomatic”?....Pages 333-336
Psychosomatic Tradition in Cancer from Antiquity till the End of the Nineteenth Century....Pages 337-340
Cancer Prevention: A Multi-Dimensional Model....Pages 341-348
The Relevance of Tissue Characterization in Brain C.A.T. Scans to Psychosomatic Diagnosis....Pages 349-353
Current Psychosomatic Research....Pages 355-359
Cognitive Aspects of Psychosomatic Education....Pages 361-371
Back Matter....Pages 373-380