The history of psychosomatic medicine
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 12 (1) , 17-24
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700043245
Abstract
Synopsis: Psychosomatic medicine begins with the Greeks. It finds a place in Galen's system as diseases of passion, a concept current until the middle of the nineteenth century. The great French and German clinicians of the nineteenth century were all familiar with psychosomatic diseases. During the twentieth century the field was for a while monopolized by psychoanalysts. The psychosomatic specialist is essentially the doctor who listens to the patient.Keywords
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