These proceedings are based on the papers given the 18th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine. They cover current areas of particular interest in psychosomatic medicine, such as: mechanism of interactions of mind and body on psychosomatic diseases, psychoneuroimmunology, stress science and its evaluation, basic study and treatment of eating disorders, panic disorders, psycho-oncology, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory disorders, chronic pain disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, complementary and alternative medicine, doctor-patient relationship, and all of other clinical problems. --- from the publisher Author Information: Edited by Chiaru Kubo, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and Tomifusa Kuboki, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Gradate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
