Psychosomatic Medicine An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fritzsche, Kurt (Editor), McDaniel, Susan H. (Editor), Wirsching, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Primary care (Medicine).; Psychiatry.; Psychotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of biopsychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial a...

Table of Contents:

• What is Psychosomatic Medicine?
• Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care
• Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care
• Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine
• The Doctor-Patient Relationship
• Doctor Patient Communication
• Family Medicine
• Balint Group
• Depressive Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Somatoform Disorders
• Psycho-Oncology
• Psycho-Cardiology
• Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Addiction
• Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary Care
• The Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos—The ASIA-LINK Program
• Psychosomatic Medicine and its Implementation in the Latin America Region
• Psychosomatic Medicine in Iran.