Abstract
The writer discusses the relationship between physical illness and psychiatric disorders. He points out the relativity of the “psychosomatic” and “somatopsychic” concepts and the dynamic interaction between biological, psychological and social factors in initiating, predisposing to and influencing the course and outcome of all organic diseases. Psychiatric disorders causally related to physical illness include organic brain syndromes, reactive psychoses, neuroses and personality disorders, and deviant illness behavior. Some of the pathogenic mechanisms are discussed and the clinical importance of this area of psychosomatic medicine is stressed.
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