The Coming Age of Psychosomatics

The Coming Age of Psychosomatics covers the proceedings of the twenty-first Annual Conference of the Society for Psychosomatic Research. The title presents papers that detail the advancement in the understanding of psychosomatic. The coverage of the text includes the treatment of psychosomatic disorders related to birth trauma; minimal brain dysfunction and the treatment of psychoneuroses; and eclectic approach to regressional techniques. The selection also deals with the effect of beta-adrenoceptor blockade on the somatic manifestations of anxiety; and the reduction of somatic manifestations of anxiety by beta-blockade. The book will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of behavioral science.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionBirth 1984-Orwell or Better? Treating Psychosomatic Disorders Related to Birth Trauma The Birth of AsthmaPsychotherapy Minimal Brain Dysfunction and the Treatment of Psychoneuroses An Eclectic Approach to Regressional TechniquesSomato-Psychic Methods Running through Your Mind Bodywork and Somatised ComplaintsCentral Psychopharmacology Psychochemistry of Monoamines Psychopharmacology and Psychosomatic TheoryPeripheral Psychopharmacology Behavioral - Cardiac Interactions: The Psychosomatic Hypothesis Reducing the Somatic Manifestations of Anxiety by Beta-Blockade-A Study of Stage FrightYoga and Yoghurt New Approaches to the Management of Essential Hypertension with Psychological Techniques Can the Food We Eat Drive Us Mad?Space-Age Programming-Sexual and Non-Sexual Cycles The Human Pineal-New Approaches and Prospects Temporal DiscordDeath 2001 Treating Death