There is increasing awareness of the limitations of disease as the primary focus of medical care. It is not that certain disorders lack an organic explanation, but that our assessment is inadequate in most clinical encounters. The primary goal of psychosomatic medicine is to correct this inadequacy by incorporation of its operational strategies into clinical practice. At present, the research e...

Objective: The present study was done to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between early maladaptive schemas, alexithymia, and emotional intelligence with the somatic symptoms in people with somatic symptom disorder (SSD). Methods: The research population consisted of 360 people with SSD referred to the psychosomatic department of Tal...

The practice of psychosomatic medicine is closely related to that of behavioral medicine, particularly in terms of the bio-psycho-social aspect of health, as has been demonstrated in the previous articles of BioPsychoSocial Medicine [1–3]. Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field combining medicine, psychology and social science, and the integration of behavioral medicine with psychoso...

Abstract Background The possibility of psychopathological symptoms and related risk factors among normal persons patients infected during the outbreak COVID-19 has been widely investigated. mental health outcomes second wave pandemic remain unclear, especially those with an infection. Thus, this study aims to explore prevalence associated wave. Method A cross-sectional survey was conducted in f...

Various psychosomatic disorders have oral manifestations. To inculcate a better understanding of these disorders, we written this article as compilation various disorders. This will aid dental surgeons in prompt diagnosis and provide adequate knowledge about psychotherapeutic modalities for prognosis.

3 Yesim Erim, Yeliz Kahraman, Frank Vitinius, Mingo Beckmann, Sylvia Kröncke, Oliver Witzke 4 Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander 5 University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany 6 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Cologne, Cologne, 7 Germany 8 Department of Psychosomatic Medici...

While Internet-based health-related offers for various disorders are increasing, little is known about the way patients with psychosomatic disorders use the Internet. We conducted a questionnaire survey in outpatient clinics at two university hospitals' Departments of Psychosomatic Medicine. Seventy-four percent of N = 274 patients had Internet home access and 60 percent of those patients repor...

From the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel Switzerland (P.G., G.D); Institute of Transcultural Health Studies, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (H.W., S.S.); Brain, Mind and Healing Program, Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States (H.W., S.S.); Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Universi...

Since the establishment of the terms “psychosomatic medicine” and “psychosomatic diseases”, in the psychoanalytic papers of Ferenczi S, Alexander F, Dunbar HF, Deutch H etc, there has been an effort, during the first half of 20th century, by scientists to explore the relation between psychological procedures (specific psychic conflicts, symbolism, childhood traumata, types of personality) and m...