Somatoform and Other Psychosomatic Disorders A Dialogue Between Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Charis, Christos (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Panayiotou, Georgia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Health psychology.; Psychiatry.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychoanalysis.; Health Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

This intriguing volume presents the most contemporary views on the conceptualization and treatment of somatoform disorders and related conditions from experts in psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches. It does so with respect to both perspectives, without advocating for either approach....

Table of Contents:

• Somatoform disorders from a psychodynamic perspective
• Trauma and its consequences for body and mind
• Maintaining mechanisms in illness and anxiety
• Alexithymia as a trait in psychosomatic disordrs: current evidence
• Accept pain for a vital life: acceptance and commitment therapy for the management of chronic pain
• Treating health anxiety and somatization in a partial hospital setting
• Somatization and medically unexplained symptoms from the perspective of health psychology
• Can psychotherapy influence the immune system of HIV patients?
• Emotions and medically unexplained symptoms
• A case of a patient with irritable bowel syndrome
• Conclusions.