Document Detail


Psychosomatic renewal of health care.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21045781     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Psychosomatic medicine may be defined as a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for: assessment of psychological factors affecting individual vulnerability as well as course and outcome of illness; biopsychosocial consideration of patient care in clinical practice; specialist interventions to integrate psychological therapies in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of medical disease. Current advances in the field have practical implications for medical research and practice, with particular reference to the role of lifestyle, the challenge of medically unexplained symptoms, the psychosocial needs entailed by chronic illness, the appraisal of therapy beyond pharmaceutical reductionism, and the function of the patient as a health producer. Today the field of psychosomatic medicine is scientifically rigorous, more diversified and therapeutically relevant than ever before.
Authors:
G A Fava; E Offidani
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Panminerva medica     Volume:  52     ISSN:  1827-1898     ISO Abbreviation:  Panminerva Med     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-03     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0421110     Medline TA:  Panminerva Med     Country:  Italy    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  239-48     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. giovanniandrea.fava@unibo.it
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Salvage radical prostatectomy.
Next Document:  Psychosomatic approach is the new medicine tailored for patient personality with a focus on ethics, ...