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Psychosomatic Medicine - journal - was created in 1939.
John Hazen Nodine has written: 'Psychosomatic medicine' -- subject(s): Psychosomatic Medicine, Congresses, Medicine, Psychosomatic
Hyman Miller has written: 'The practice of psychosomatic medicine as illustrated in allergy' -- subject(s): Allergy, Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine
A somatic disorder is a malfunction of the body. A psychosomatic disorder is a disorder of (most commonly) the body caused by a psychological factor (the mind).
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Psychosomatic medicine is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine dedicated to the study and clinical practice of medicine in relation with all processes that cause a pathological interaction between mind and body or between mental and physical processes.Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI, is the most related discipline to Psychosomatic medicine, but not the only one; geriatrics, pediatrics, surgery, gynecology, endocrinology. cardiology, psychiatry, internal medicine, gastroenterology, cosmetic surgery, emergency medicine and many other branches may at one time or other treat disorders with psychosomatic causes or complications.Psychosomatic is a word that is sometimes erroneously used in a pejorative way for saying 'it is all in your mind', what adds suffering to those who already are suffering from a psychosomatic disorder. The correct use of the term, is instead a key to solve some puzzling mix of symptoms that could not be attributed to a particular illness or that can be attributed to many disorders.If the body suffers because a problem generated in the mind or if the mind and emotional well being suffer because a problem of the body, then that is a psychosomatic disorder.
One could potentially be diagnosed with Psychosomatic disorder in any hospital around the world, especially hospitals for the mentally/criminally insane.
Noel Gordon Harris has written: 'Modern trends in psychological medicine, 1948' -- subject(s): Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine
Charles Wistar Stevens has written: 'Revelations of a Boston physician' -- subject(s): Case studies, Medicine, Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine
Charles V. Ford has written: 'Thes omatizing disorders' -- subject(s): Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine
Thomas P Lowry has written: 'Hyperventilation and hysteria' -- subject(s): Hyperventilation, Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine
be wary of psychosomatic practitioners who do not have degrees in medicine or psychology, or specialized training in either field. Some patients may also need conventional medical care or a combination of conventional and psychosomatic therapies.