Psychosomatic Medicine Past and Future [Paperback]

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 OThis 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 OHolistic Concepts of Illness in Ancient Greece and in Contemporary Medicine.- The Semantics of Whole-Person Care.- Doctor-Patient Relationship.- Emotions and Difficulties in Teaching and Communication.- The Mind-Body Problem.- The Mind-Body Problem in Philosophy.- Mind-Matter Relations. Do They Matter in Psychosomatics?.- Historical Aspects.- Psychosomatic Concepts in Writings of Ancient Greek Philosophers (VI th to III rd Cent. B. C.).- Historical Insights of Psychosomatic Medicine in Heidelberg.- Viktor von Weizs?cker (18861957) and German Psychosomatic Medicine.- Psychosomatics and Medical History.- Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical History: Frederic Chopin  A Psychosomatic Case?.- Papers on General Topics.- Personality Characteristics in Psychosomatic Illness.- Family Interaction and Somatic Illness: Implications from the Finnish Adoptive Family Stul(