Psychosomatics: the uses of psychotherapy

Author:
SCHOENBERG Peter
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication year:
2007
Pagination:
272p., bibliog.
Place of publication:
Basingstoke

The mind and body are in constant interaction, and it is increasingly recognized that any true understanding of illness must take this psychosomatic dimension into account. This timely book looks at psychosomatics and psychosomatic medicine (the treatment and understanding of physical illnesses where psychological factors are significantly involved). It gives clinical descriptions of the main psychosomatic disorders and reviews psychotherapeutic approaches to treatment.

Subject terms:
psychotherapy, stress, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, cancer, counselling, doctors, eating disorders, heart diseases;
Content type:
research
ISBN print:
978 0 333 94651 0

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