Full Description
Psychosocial problems manifest primarily within medical settings and represent a major global health burden. Depression, anxiety, somatic symptom disorder, and trauma- or stress-related disorders are among the most frequent non-communicable diseases in every country. They lead to the highest number of days off work, years lost to disability, and rising healthcare costs, making them a major challenge for health systems around the world.
Now in its fully revised and expanded third edition, Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting lays the foundation for genuinely biopsychosocial care. It provides practical guidance on recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, offering basic counselling and support to patients and families, and strengthening collaboration between primary care and mental health professionals.
The book is structured in four comprehensive sections: it begins with the relationship between psychosomatic medicine and primary care; continues with best practices for diagnosis and communication, including breaking bad news and managing difficult patient interactions; and explores key disorders such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and eating and sleep-wake disorders, among others.
The final section focuses on developing psychosomatic medicine in international settings, including countries such as India, Myanmar, Austria, the United States, Spain, South Africa, and China. New and unique in this edition are contributions from Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine, written by local experts.
Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting, third edition, is an essential reference for doctors from various specialties as well as for nursing staff, social workers, and clinical health psychologists.
Contents
Part I Introduction.- What Is Psychosomatic Medicine?.- What is Psychotherapy?.- Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care.- Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine.- Part II The First Contact: Basic Interventions.- The Doctor-Patient Relationship.- Doctor-Patient Communication.- Family-Oriented Primary Care.- Balint Group.- Body-Self-Awareness in Primary Care.- Part III Recognition and Treatment of Most Common Clinical Presentations.- Depressive Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).- Somatic Symptom Disorder.- Insomnia disorders.- Psychooncology.- Psychocardiology.- Psychological First Aid after Acute Trauma.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).- Addictive Disorders.- Eating Disorders.- Personality Disorders.- Sexual disorders.- The Terminally Ill and Dying Patient.- Burnout Prevention.- Part IV Developing Psychosomatic Medicine in International Settings.- Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary Care.- Training in Psychosomatic Basic care Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos - The ASIA- LINK Program.- Psychosomatic Basic Care in the Context of International Migration.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Myanmar.- Integration of Modern and Traditional Psychosomatic Medicine in India.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Iran.- Psychosomatic in USA - A systemic biopsychosocial approach in practice.- The evolution of Psychosomatic Medicine with a public health perspective in Latin America.- Psychosomatic Medicine in Africa.- Maternal Mental Health in South Africa and the Refinement of a Multi-component Service Model.- Psychosomatic and Mental Health Care in Lebanon.- Psychological and Psychosomatic Care in Syria: Challenges and Opportunities.- Psychosomatic Medicine in Palestine.- Psychosomatic Medicine, Israel: A Comprehensive Overview.- THE ROZANA PROGRAMS.- Health Diplomacy in the Middle East.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Ukraine.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Italy.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Spain.- Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine in Switzerland.- Psychosomatics in the Context of the Development of Integrative Medicine: The Russian Perspective.- Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in Austria.- Psychosomatic Medicine in Germany.
