Psychosomatics and Psychodynamics
An Introductory Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14775953 |
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| Authors | G Ikkos (0000-0003-1496-1040, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-250 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0533316400033002005 |
| OpenAlex | W4243981071 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
The presentation of physical symptoms for medical evaluation and care in the presence of psychopathology constitutes the area of psychosomatic enquiry. The diverse psychiatric conditions with psychosomatic presentations are defined. Underlying psychobiological and psychodynamic mechanisms are discussed. This review of psychodynamics and psychotherapy is particularly focused on conditions where there is concurrent presentation of established organic physical pathology with psychological disorder
Case presentation · Presentation (obstetrics · Psychiatry · Psychodynamics · Psychopathology · Psychosomatic medicine · Psychosomatics · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
| Highly cited | No |
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