psychosomatics as a counterbalance of trends dynamics in psychiatric Systems today

• Type: Summary of Presentation in an International Conference
• Date: 2011

Authors

Verissimo R. (Author) FMUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Psychosomatic Aspects of Therapy & Recovery

Psychosomatic Aspects of Therapy & Recovery

Warsaw, 22 a 23 de Janeiro de 2011

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Other medical sciences

Other information

Resumo (PT): The author makes some epistemological considerations on the urge to spread psychosomatics. To begin with, the heavy burden of mental disturbs in health care systems today lead to an absolute need for a proper psychosomatic training of general practitioners. Then the 50 years of increasing psycopharmacological treatments available account for the mainstream split-care model; as the number of psychiatrists who focus on logotherapy decreased systematically while the professional body of nonmedical therapists has grown. Hence the impending need of psychosomatics as a counterbalance to adequately deal with the bio-psychosocial aspects involved both in heath and in disease. Finally concluding that, between physicalism and panpsychism, Psychosomatic Medicine has to find its way by getting rid of the outdated cartesian dualism.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific