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Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Review

History, aims and present structure of psychosomatic medicine in Germany

Authors: Hans-Christian Deter, Johannes Kruse, Stephan Zipfel

Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Combining its two traditions of integrated psychosomatics in internal medicine and focusing on psychotherapeutic/psychiatric methods in many clinical fields, German psychosomatic medicine has developed well over the last decades. It benefits from its institutional independence and the progressive changes in health care. Clinically, disorder-oriented psychotherapy is a core method integrated with other modes of therapy. As a conceptual base for empirical research, non-reductionist accounts of the interactions of (sick) persons with their environment are most important. Germany has developed a model of Psychosomatic Medicine that has conceptualized and integrated psychotherapeutic methods into clinical practice and realized one way to practice bio-psycho-social medicine in the health care system of the country.
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Metadata
Title
History, aims and present structure of psychosomatic medicine in Germany
Authors
Hans-Christian Deter
Johannes Kruse
Stephan Zipfel
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BioPsychoSocial Medicine / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1751-0759
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-017-0120-x

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