Psychosomatic Medicine and Contemporary Psychoanalysis (Stress and Health Series) by Graeme J. Taylor - 1987-03

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Madison, Connecticut: International Universities Press, Inc., 1987. Second Printing 1989 . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2" X 9 1/4. 391 Pages Indexed. This text presents a comprehensive and detailed compilation of the latest thinking on psychosomatic medicine, a subject that spreads across many disciplines. Represented here are psychody-namic psychiatry, behavioral psychiatry and psychology, and psychophysiology. Each author presents an indepth contribution in his or her own field of expertise. All of the work is original; none has been presented elsewhere in another form. The opening section is devoted to theoretical considerations and contains chapters on the relation of medicine and psychoso-matic medicine, behavioral models, psychoanalytic models, and alexithymia. Advances in psychophysiology are the subject of the next section, covering the physiology of stress, immunologic and endocrine regulation, genetics and adaptation. A group of chapters on psychosomatic conditions include… Read More