The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease

by W. Lynn Smith, Patrick W. Conway, Lynn W. Smith

The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease represents a unique contribution to the clinician's tool chest for diagnosing and treating psychosomatic illness. This book breaks new ground by asking and answering many of the key questions that trouble every practicing clinician: Why do patients use somatization? Can we predict who will be a somatizer? Is there an underlying process involved? Why are these patients so...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765707497
• ISBN13: 9780765707499
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"