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Main Author: Giovanni A. Fava
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática 2002
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28740207
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author Giovanni A. Fava
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contents Psychosomatic medicine: alive and well in the new century Giovanni A. Fava Stefania Fabbri Carlotta Belaise Eliana Tossani Psicología Mind being body medicine Psychotherapy Quality of life Psychosomatic medicine provides acomprehensive framework for a holistic(biopsychosocial) consideration of patientcare encompassing the role of psychosocialfactors in affecting individual vulnerabilityto all types of diseases; the interactionbetween psychosocial and biologicalfactors in the course and outcome ofdisease and the application of psychologicaltherapies to the prevention, treatmentand rehabilitation of physical illness.This framework, modified from the oneoriginally proposed by Lipowski, willserve to highlight the areas where a psychosomaticintegration may have importantclinical and research implications.The same holistic mentality should alsobe applicable to the field of psychiatry. Inrecent years, a new way of integratingpharmacotherapy and psychotherapy indepression has been proposed (i.e. sequentialapproach), but, not surprisingly, nonpharmacological treatment strategieshave been swimming against the tide ofpharmaceutical propaganda. 2002 artículo científico 0874-4696 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28740207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=287 Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática application/pdf Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática (Portugal) Num.2 Vol.4
format Artículo científico
id redalyc_28740207
language en
publishDate 2002
publisher Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática
spellingShingle Psychosomatic medicine: alive and well in the new century
Giovanni A. Fava
Psicología
Mind
being
body medicine
Psychotherapy
Quality of life
Psychosomatic medicine: alive and well in the new century Giovanni A. Fava Stefania Fabbri Carlotta Belaise Eliana Tossani Psicología Mind being body medicine Psychotherapy Quality of life Psychosomatic medicine provides acomprehensive framework for a holistic(biopsychosocial) consideration of patientcare encompassing the role of psychosocialfactors in affecting individual vulnerabilityto all types of diseases; the interactionbetween psychosocial and biologicalfactors in the course and outcome ofdisease and the application of psychologicaltherapies to the prevention, treatmentand rehabilitation of physical illness.This framework, modified from the oneoriginally proposed by Lipowski, willserve to highlight the areas where a psychosomaticintegration may have importantclinical and research implications.The same holistic mentality should alsobe applicable to the field of psychiatry. Inrecent years, a new way of integratingpharmacotherapy and psychotherapy indepression has been proposed (i.e. sequentialapproach), but, not surprisingly, nonpharmacological treatment strategieshave been swimming against the tide ofpharmaceutical propaganda. 2002 artículo científico 0874-4696 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28740207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=287 Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática application/pdf Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática (Portugal) Num.2 Vol.4
title Psychosomatic medicine: alive and well in the new century
topic Psicología
Mind
being
body medicine
Psychotherapy
Quality of life
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28740207