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Psychosomatic Medicine

Past and Future

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. George N. Christodoulou

    1. Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

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Table of contents (58 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Holistic Concepts of Illness in Ancient Greece and in Contemporary Medicine

    1. Holistic Concepts of Illness in Ancient Greece and in Contemporary Medicine

      • Peter Novak
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Semantics of Whole-Person Care

    1. The Semantics of Whole-Person Care

      • Margaret J. Christie
      Pages 7-13

  4. Doctor-Patient Relationship

    1. Doctor-Patient Relationship

      • O. Gardikas
      Pages 15-20

  5. “Emotions” and Difficulties in Teaching and Communication

    1. “Emotions” and Difficulties in Teaching and Communication

      • P. E. Sifneos
      Pages 21-25

  6. The Mind-Body Problem

    1. The Mind-Body Problem in Philosophy

      • Nicholas Dimou
      Pages 27-34

    2. Mind-Matter Relations: Do They Matter in Psychosomatics?

      • Adolf-Ernst Meyer
      Pages 35-41

  8. Psychosomatics and Medical History

    1. Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical History: Frederic Chopin — A Psychosomatic Case ?

      • A. J. Karenberg
      Pages 59-63

  9. Papers on General Topics

    1. Personality Characteristics in Psychosomatic Illness

      • G. C. Lyketsos, C. G. Lyketsos
      Pages 65-72

    2. Family Interaction and Somatic Illness: Implications from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study

      • P. Tienari, A. Sorri, I. Lahti, M. Naarala, J. Moring, T. Rönkkö et al.
      Pages 73-79

    3. Life Events as Triggering and Formative Agents in Physical Disease

      • T. K. J. Craig
      Pages 81-88

    4. Occupational Correlates of the Type a Behaviour Pattern

      • D. G. Byrne
      Pages 89-97

    5. Psychophysiological Models of Psychosomatic Illness

      • A. D. Rabavilas
      Pages 99-104
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About this book

This book contains selected contributions to the 16th European Conference on Psychosomatic Research, held in Athens from September 6 to 11, 1986. The ~t of psychosomatic medicine was one of the two basic topics of the meeting. We thought that, since this topic has a touch of history in it, it would be appropriate for a conference held in Greece. It is really amazing how advanced the psychosomatic conceptions of the ancient Greek philosophers and physicians were. It was the basic psychosomatic ideology that Socrates was expressing when he taught: "S"lOTT!::P O

Editors and Affiliations

  • Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

    George N. Christodoulou

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychosomatic Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Past and Future

  • Editors: George N. Christodoulou

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5454-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42780-0Due: 01 December 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5456-7Published: 12 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5454-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 380

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences

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