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Résumé :
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This text presents a comprehensive and detailed compilation of the latest thinking on psychosomatic medicine, a subject that spreads across many disciplines. Represented here are psychodynamic psychiatry, behavioral psychiatry and psychology, and psychophysiology. Each author presents an indepth contribution in his or her own field of expertise. . . . The opening section is devoted to theoretical considerations and contains chapters on the relation of medicine and psychosomatic medicine, behavioral models, psychoanalytic models, and alexithymia. Advances in psychophysiology are the subject of the next section, covering the physiology of stress, immunologic and endocrine regulation, genetics and adaptation. A group of chapters on psychosomatic conditions include studies on gastro-intestinal distress, allergy, asthma, connective tissue disease, appetite regulation, and the endocrine and cardiovascular systems. The final section deals with clinical practice, with the transition from medical to psychosomatic treatment, with treatment of psychosomatic condition with dynamic psychotherapy, biofeedback, and relaxation techniques, and with inpatient hospital treatment.
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