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Toward an Integrated Medicine: Classics From Psychosomatic Medicine, 1959-1979, includes 19 seminal, excellent articles published between 1959 and 1979 selected for inclusion here by the American Psychosomatic Society Publications Committee. These articles were chosen based on their merit, importance for the field, and excellent argumentation and because they are a springboard to further research.
This book is a useful reference for graduate students, medical students, residents, and faculty in psychiatry, psychology, behavioral science, and other fields studying mind-body aspects of health and behavior.
This is an interesting historical review of classic psychosomatic articles, significant for their hypotheses and conclusions and for their experimental designs. The collection reminds the reader that exploring the historical development of psychosomatic medicine uncovers not only knowledge still pertinent today, but also discoveries that led to further investigations. These articles emphasize the significance of understanding psychosomatic medicine as a multidisciplinary and dynamic view of health and illness.
The essential mission of the American Psychosomatic Society is to promote and advance the scientific understanding of the interrelationships among biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors in human health and disease. To integrate the fields of science that separately examine each, and to foster the application of this understanding in education and improved health care.