Interaction Between Mental and Physical Illness : Needed Areas of Research /

This book reviews significant aspects of psychosomatic medicine, thereby contributing to the ongoing re-evaluation of this important discipline. Leading researchers examine past experiences with a view towards proposing new areas of future research in both theory and clinical practice. The first sec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Öhman, Rolf
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Freeman, Hugh L., Holmkvist, Annika Franck, Nielzén, Sören
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • Psychiatric Consequences of Physical Illness
  • Clinical Aspects
  • Discussion of Professor Ottoson's Paper
  • Psychiatric Consequences of Physical Illness
  • Clinical Aspects
  • Epilepsy as a Model for Psychopathology
  • Epilepsy and Psychiatric Disorder
  • Physical Morbidity and Mortality in Psychiatric Patients
  • Discussion in Connection with Häfner and Bickel's Paper "Physical Mortality and Morbidity in Psychiatric Patients"
  • Hypothesis Concerning "Natural" Mortality in Psychiatry
  • Neurobiological Aspects of Psychiatric Consequences of Physical Illness
  • On the State of Knowledge in Neurobiological Psychiatry
  • Psychosocial and Psychosomatic Aspects of AIDS Research
  • Psychiatric Consequences of High Technology in Medical Care
  • Psychiatric Side-Effects of Non-Psychotropic Drugs
  • Psychological Contributions to the Causes and Course of Physical Illness
  • Discussion of Aitken's Report on Psychological Contributions to the Causes and Course of Physical Illness
  • Behavioral Aspects of Physical Illness
  • Behavioral Aspects of Physical Illness in Children and Adolescents
  • Summaries of Discussion
  • Implications for Future Research
  • Subject Index.