BACKGROUND The American Psychosomatic Society is one of the oldest and probably the most influential scientific society in psychosomatic/biopsychosocial research worldwide. The current article delineates the historical development and current strategic orientation of the society. METHOD Review of published literature, archived materials and current documents of the society. RESULTS The Amer...

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...

objective: in geriatric practice, the impact of psychological distress on health status has been undermined due to ageism, atypical presentation and less tendency to report negative affect among elderly people. few studies have examined the impact of psychological stressors on medical burden in older adults. the current study has investigated the correlation of psychological distress and burden...

Illustrations are ample, the original drawings being numerous and excellent in workmanship. Important terms, of which there are a very large number, most of them being anatomical, are italicized. Facts in Embryology, Physiology, and Taxonomy are carefully presented in brief form. There is an appendix with a resume of the phyla and their general characteristics, and a glossary of 13 pages. The b...

Developments have occurred in all aspects of psychosomatic medicine. Among factors affecting individual vulnerability to all types of disease, the following have been highlighted by recent research: recent and early life events, chronic stress and allostatic load, personality, psychological well-being, health attitudes and behavior. As to the interaction between psychological and biological fac...

Two scientific European organizations in the field of consultationliaison (C-L) psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine (PM), the European Association of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics (EACLPP) and the European Network of Psychosomatic Medicine (ENPM) decided to merge and together create a new society, the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM). The EACLPPwas fo...