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Psychosomatic medicine may be considered as a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for assessment of psychological factors affecting individual vulnerability as well as course and outcome of illness; biopsychosocial consideration of patient care in clinical practice; and specialist interventions to integrate psychological therapies in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of medical disease. Current advances in the field have practical implications for medical research and practice, with particular reference to the role of lifestyle, the challenge of medically unexplained symptoms, the psychosocial needs entailed by chronic illness, the appraisal of therapy beyond pharmaceutical reductionism, and the function of the patient as a health producer. Today, the field of psychosomatic medicine is scientifically rigorous as well as therapeutically relevant.
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Sonino, N., Fava, G.A. (2013). The Psychosomatic View. In: Morandi, A., Nambi, A. (eds) An Integrated View of Health and Well-being. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6689-1_2
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