Medicine and Psychology

Physics, Psychology, and Medicine

This 143-page essay by Professor Woodger is rewritten from a series of lectures given to the staff of the senior students of the Department of Physiology in the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. Additional material to the student lectures was derived from Professor Woodger's Tarner Lectures published in 1952 under the title, Biology and Language. Essentially this is a plea for a broader educat...

Psychology in Medicine

are discussed. Many of his views are controversial, but undoubtedly they are most stimulating. He has clear-cut thoughts on the pathology of many of the common painful conditions, but they cannot be considered to be anything more than theoretical. This volume will be invaluable to physiotherapists and their teachers, and it should be read by orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists. The product...

Psychology in Relation to Medicine *

The care of sick animals and the care of sick men are both important. The chief difference between a physician and a veterinarian is a matter of available psychology. You can ask a cow to open her mouth and stick out her tongue, or to take a deep breath, but I understand that cows are not often requested to do these things by those who would doctor them. On the other hand, every physician count...

Prescribing happiness: positive psychology and family medicine.

Although mental health promotion is consistent with the philosophy of family medicine, it is largely unclear what behaviors or interventions comprise mental health promotion in practice. A recent effort in psychology, known as "positive psychology," has endeavored to better understand happiness, meaning in life, character strengths, and how these all can be developed. Because happiness is assoc...

Medicine and creativity in medical psychology.