History, aims and present structure of psychosomatic medicine in Germany

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 progr...

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Main Authors: Hans-Christian Deter, Johannes Kruse, Stephan Zipfel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13030-017-0120-x