PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE: SOME NOTES ON ITS APPLICATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE

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Article1 May 1944PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE: SOME NOTES ON ITS APPLICATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASEMACK LIPKIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEWIS I. SHARP, M.D.MACK LIPKIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LEWIS I. SHARP, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-5-760 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe enormous progress of medicine during the last century proceeded chiefly along the lines of the pathology of particular organs and particular functions. More and more, we came to think of disease as an abnormality of special tissues rather than as disease of patients. However, as knowledge of tissues increased, we began to realize that the perfect functioning of tissues is dependent on the integrity of other organs and that the functioning of organs is inextricably linked through the central and autonomic nervous systems to the emotional life of the patient. Psychosomatic medicine is that approach to medical problems which...Bibliography1. MITTELMANNWOLFF BHG: Emotions and gastroduodenal function, Psychosom. Med., 1942, iv, 5. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PAVLOV IP: Conditioned reflexes, 1927, Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, London. Google Scholar3. WHITECOBBJONES BVSCM: Mucous colitis, Psychosom. Med. Monographs, 1939, i, 1. Google Scholar4. CANNON WB: Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear and rage, 2nd ed., 1929, Appleton Co., New York and London. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MCDERMOTTCOBB NTS: A psychiatric survey of 50 cases of bronchial asthma, Psychosom. Med., 1939, i, 203. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FRENCHALEXANDER TMF: Psychogenic factors in bronchial asthma, Psychosom. Med. Monographs, 1941, ii, no. 1, p. 1; no. 2, p. 1. Google Scholar7. GESSLERHANSEN HK: Ueber die Beeinflussbarkeit der Wärmeregulation in der Hypnose, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1927, clvi, 352. Google Scholar8. WHITEHORNLUNDHOLMGARDNER JCHGR: The metabolic rate in emotional moods induced by suggestion in hypnosis, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1929, ix, 661. Google Scholar9. MILHORATSMALLDIETHELM ATSMO: Leucocytosis during various emotional states, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1942, xlvii, 779. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MITTELMANNWOLFF BHG: Affective states and skin temperature, Psychosom. Med., 1939, i, 271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SCHILDER PF: Psychotherapy, 1938, W. W. Norton, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication October 12, 1942.From the Psychosomatic Clinic, Departments of Medicine and of Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Significance of a Psychiatric Diagnosis 1 May 1944Volume 20, Issue 5Page: 760-767KeywordsAutonomic nervous systemEmotionsHospital medicineNeurology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...