psychosomatic medicine

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psychosomatic
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪ.kəʊ.səˈmæt.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪ.koʊ.soʊˈmæt̬.ɪk/
(of an illness) caused by anxiety and worry and not by an infection ...
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medicine
noun
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
treatment for illness or injury, or the study ...
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(Definition ofpsychosomaticandmedicinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Slightly different audience-appropriate versions of the inservice were designed for the hospice nurses, the psychiatry interns on thepsychosomaticmedicineservice, and the internal medicine and family practice interns.
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I am very pleased that it is included because people abroad have often thought that our general practitioners were primarily concerned withpsychosomaticmedicine.
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For a number of years now, there has been talk ofpsychosomaticmedicine.
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Weizscker is known for his pioneer work inpsychosomaticmedicine, and for his theories regarding medical anthropology.
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He was interested inpsychosomaticmedicine, eventually gaining a reputation as a highly regarded psychotherapist.
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In 1921, he introduced the application of psychological principles to medical practice which was later calledpsychosomaticmedicine.
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Pinel often traced mental states to physiological states of the body, and in fact could be said to have practicedpsychosomaticmedicine.
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The term holism, and so called approaches, appear inpsychosomaticmedicinein the 1970s, when they were considered one possible way to conceptualize psychosomatic phenomena.
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While the work attracted continued support from advocates ofpsychosomaticmedicine, many in experimental physiology concluded that his concepts were too vague and unmeasurable.
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The field ofpsychosomaticmedicineis among its academic forebears.
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He was a specialist in neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy andpsychosomaticmedicine.
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He was a pioneer in psychiatry and what would be called todaypsychosomaticmedicine.
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He acquired the title psychotherapy in 1982, the title psychotherapeutic andpsychosomaticmedicinein the year 1998.
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He was a proponent of functional pathology, and is considered to be one of the founders ofpsychosomaticmedicine.
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He also made important contributions with regard to psychophysiology andpsychosomaticmedicine, recognizing and treating the relationship between emotional states and physical symptoms among his patients.
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On the other hand, psychiatrists often view fibromyalgia as being a type of affective disorder whereas specialists inpsychosomaticmedicinetend to view fibromyalgia as being somatoform disorder.
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The medical spectrum covers elements of neurology, neuro-pediatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry of children and adolescents, radiology, genetics, endocrinology, dentistry, gerontology,psychosomaticmedicine, musician medicine, rehabilitation medicine etc.
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Somatopsychic is used to describe a body-mind relationship, as doespsychosomaticmedicine.
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