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The therapy of psychosomatic disease is rapidly changing, and so is its underlying theory. The focus of interest is shifting from the individual to his or her nuclear social system, i.e., couple, family, group. Masters and Johnson (10) and Minuchin et al (11) published catamnestic studies which clearly demonstrate that the treatment of nuclear social systems is more successful than the time-honored forms of treatment of the individual.
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Guntern, G. (1983). Psychosomatic Disease and Systems Therapy. In: Krakowski, A.J., Kimball, C.P. (eds) Psychosomatic Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4496-4_78
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